BEHOLDER AQUATICS

This is asked very, very frequently and with this exact same verbiage. Unfortunately, hiring team members to drive company vehicles with company gasoline to drive across Atlanta to provide free diagnostics and troubleshooting services for unknowable amounts of time is not included in our business model at this time. However, we can usually get clients booked for a service call date within 1-14 days’ time.

Deep cleaning for koi ponds, water gardens, pondless waterfalls and fountains - make your water feature look brand new again!

-Fish are safely removed and put aside in a spacious storage tank.

-All debris and pond muck is removed.

-Overgrown plants are trimmed back to size appropriate for the season.

-Filter, pump, fall box, plumbing and skimmer box are maintained as able and deep cleaned.

-Rocks, gravel and liner are deep cleaned and repositioned where needed.

- Fish are returned to the pond with treated water (to prevent death resultant from chlorine burning).

- Pond is refilled and ready to go!

Annual cleaning usually suffices for the vast majority of koi ponds with the stipulation that the pond is maintained properly for debris, plant overgrowth, microbiology and other normal aspects of pond care.

Short Answer: ~5 minutes a day.

Long Answer: Pond owners will ideally spend a small amount of time each day enjoying and caring for the pond, especially in the warm months. Scooping leaves and any debris (without spooking the fish) is an excellent practice to keep while giving your fish their daily food, and checking your skimmer basket every 1-7 days is highly encouraged.

For best results, manage the plant life that grows in your pond as well by cutting back fast growers periodically and by avoiding overfeeding your fish to prevent algal blooms. Monthly applications of beneficial bacteria can aid in breaking down unavoidable biomass accumulation.

By this point of the FAQ page, you will likely guess that the answer to this question is, “it depends.” There are many different types of filtration systems for koi ponds, but for many ponds, the best filtration is biological in nature. By that, I mean that the water passes through multiple screens to remove large debris while being passed over filter pads and other media that house water-filtering bacteria. The water then of course passes over rocks, gravel and live plants that house yet more bacteria or consume water contaminants like nitrates respectively. Furthermore, the water is almost always aerated using a pleasant waterfall, preventing water stagnation, bug-larval production and oxygen depletion.