Pond FAQs

Answers to common questions related to Ponds

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    Common Objections to Installing a Pond

Ponds are a lot of work to maintain.

Not true! A properly designed and built pond is nearly self-maintaining. Ponds can be built in sun or shade, large or small. With the right skimmer filtration, most pond debris is automatically bagged and ready for easy removal. A biological filter with supplemental bacteria additions will clean the pond, letting nature establish an ecosystem that recycles fish waste and eliminates green water.

Ponds use a lot of water.

The Pro-Pond ecosystem is a closed system. Except for the initial fill-up, the only water that has to be added is to replenish water that has evaporated. Research has demonstrated that properly built ponds typically need less water than the same square footage of lawn.

Ponds breed mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes breed only in stagnant water. Installing a skimmer and BioFalls^® eliminates stagnant water. The skimmer draws in the mosquito larvae from the surface of the water, drowning them.