Much like a large-scale aquarium, a pond should be started the correct way right off the bat: using plenty of plants (including floaters and oxygenators), some fish or even tadpoles to make a balance with the plant life, and most importantly the use of proper filtration.

 

Your imagination is the limit when it comes to how we design your water feature, but to get you familiar, here are some of the most common types seen:

 

             Formal Pond                           Informal Pond                          Pondless Waterfall

     

 

 

Some of Our Water Features In The Making

 

After first being marked out on your property, the creation of your water feature begins with excavation and construction by our staff. The last shot on the right shows the work completed to the point of being planted (and mulched around the pond).

          

 

 

Here is a shot of a pond before we renovated it, to make it larger with a waterfall.

 

 

A few shots showing some steps in this renovation...

  

   

 

The finished product (planted and mulched).

 

 

Every water feature has a water flow made up of an intake and an outlet, like that of a complete circuit that is flowing through itself. In most conventional circumstances, there is a skimmer box at one end of the pond and a waterfall at the other end, which is more elevated than the skimmer. These two units are connected via a length of flexible PVC pipe, which is concealed in the ground around the water feature.

 

Instead of the water just flowing back into the pond at the other end of the hose, it is an opportunity to create a fountain or waterfall effect. Your pond does not have to necessarily have just one or the other; you can have a fountain (or fountains) installed later down the road or even have your water feature designed with two or more waterfalls! (Note: unusually-shaped ponds may require more than one skimmer even for a single waterfall.) The “rapids” created by the fountain or waterfall are beneficial and actually necessary for keeping the water aerated.

 

Please keep in mind that we can always 'retrofit' a different or addiotional component (e.g. waterfall, pondless waterfall, small river on property) to an established water feature...

 

Filtration Methods and Importance

Types of Aquatic Plants for Your Feature

Keeping Fish in Your Water Feature

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