And we continue the article titled The Creation of garden pond plants (Part 1), and so, where did we stop?
Biochemical preparations to help the owner of the reservoir
To facilitate the care of the health of the reservoir and its inhabitants will help the latest biochemical preparations developed by German scientists specifically for the conditions of a private garden. They allow you to regulate certain processes occurring in the water area. With the help of these means, it is possible to influence the quality of water, its chemical composition, the level of alkalinity and hardness, the presence of oxygen in the water and components beneficial to the health of pond fauna. Specially developed biologically active additives and chemical compounds are able to improve and change the quality of water, initially not suitable for decorative pond and its inhabitants in its parameters. They neutralize harmful components, adapt new water and stabilize the biological balance, for example, in the presence of stressful factors during prolonged summer heat or with an excessive number of fish, with an incorrect feeding regime or with an excess of organic residues rotting at the bottom.
These drugs have been developed by serious scientific institutes for the conditions of private reservoirs, so they are not toxic to humans and pets and are sold in a convenient package for use. Many of these products have a wide, universal and long-lasting spectrum of action, therefore, they ensure a healthy existence of both the water area and all its inhabitants without any additional efforts on your part.
The use of these drugs eliminates the need for complex and expensive cleaning technologies: filter systems, water purifiers, etc. In specialized stores you will be given detailed advice on this issue. Keep in mind that in some cases it is more economical to buy larger packages, the contents of which can be used several times. Being engaged in the creation and improvement of decorative reservoirs in conditions of different gardens, I used some of these drugs, so I can confidently recommend them. Of course, you can do without them, but in many cases they make life much easier.
Inhabitants of the reservoir
Not only plants, but also animals are vital for the health of the reservoir: fish, green pond frogs, newts, predatory water beetles and mollusks. Their presence on the garden territory will ensure the closure of the ecological chain, because the biological balance is created and maintained precisely due to the interdependence of all its links – from the simplest to the highest.
Such an organization of a natural type allows a garden pond to exist, self-cleaning. The simplest and most unpretentious fish in care is the Golden carp. Adapts to any conditions, finds food at the bottom of the reservoir, puts up with a lack of oxygen in winter. Silver carp, abramis brama, Scardinius erythrophthalmus and some other fish of open reservoirs in a small garden pond feel worse. They will have to be fed and monitor the aeration of water.
Of the ornamental breeds for the garden, is most suitable Karasius aurat is a goldfish, healthy and adaptive, a small flock of which will quickly settle in the water area, and if the volume of water in it is at least 10 cubic meters, it will be able to successfully winter under the ice. In the warm season, they need to be fed, with the onset of cold weather, they should not be fed so that they can prepare for winter rest.
In conclusion, I would like to give one more argument in favor of a garden pond organized according to a natural type. In early spring, when the snow has melted, the sun is shining brightly, but because of the wind, the water is not working on many garden plots yet. And plants such as conifers, evergreen heather, roses and even hoiherah need urgent watering, because the evaporation of moisture from plant tissues is already active. At this time, watering is literally a matter of life and death for them. It is in the garden pond that you can collect water for this, and at the same time carry out post-winter cleaning, prune something, remove sunken garbage.