CLEANING Your Oklahoma City Oklahoma KOI FISH POND

How To Clean A Pond In Oklahoma City Oklahoma (OK)

Continental Ponds recommends fully draining and cleaning your Oklahoma City koi fish pond at least once every year, otherwise you might have to deal with other problems such as increased maintenance, fish health issues, not to mention possible increased repairs for your pond or pump. At a minimum we recommend cleaning out your biofalls and skimmers at least.

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Steps Involved in Cleaning your Oklahoma City Oklahoma Koi Fish Pond

Steps Involved For A Successful Pond Cleaning.

• Drain your pond down until there are just a few inches of water. Store some of the pond water in a holding tank and keep tank covered & aerated
  
• Carefully collect your koi, fish and other wildlife and put them in the holding tank with water.
  
• Drain the rest of the water out of the pond and remove large debris
  
• Power wash the rocks and gravel in the entire pond and remove all the muck and sludge.
• Trim and deadhead all your water plants.
  
• Vacuum out the waterfall filter and skimmer.
• Clean and rinse all filter media (replace filter pad every six months) and inspect the waterfall pump and intake area.
  
• Adjust any rocks that have moved and inspect your lighting system.
  
• Start adding water to the pond as well as de-chlorinator.
  
• Acclimate your fish and other wildlife and re-introduce them to the pond.
  

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Cleaning a fish pond is dirty, back breaking, hard work. Let us do the heavy lifting of cleaning your pond.  We can set it up so it is easy to take care for the rest of the year and you can maintain it yourself!

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