How Can You Prepare Your Backyard Pond for Fall?

Fall is just around the corner, and If you are a pond owner looking to maintain your backyard pond when colder weather arrives, you may be wondering about what you can do to best prepare your pond for the colder seasons. At Great Lakes Pondscapes, we understand just how important it is to keep owners to keep their backyard ponds well maintained throughout the year. If you want to maintain your backyard pond this fall, you’ll have to make sure you take steps to ensure that your pond is ready for the fall season.

Help Your Fish Prepare for Colder Seasons

Wildlife is an essential part of any ecosystem, and if your pond has any fish in it, you may wonder just how you are going to take proper care of them once colder weather arrives. If you have any koi fish or shubunkin in your pond, you can easily ensure that they are ready for when temperatures drop. Because the digestion and metabolism of fish like Koi and Shubunkin decrease in temperatures under 40 degrees, you should only feed your fish once or twice a week in order to ensure that they aren’t overfed during colder seasons.

Make Sure Your Pond is Free From Plant Debris

When maintaining your pond this fall, make sure that you are also taking care of the plants in and around your pond as well. Regularly removing dead or decaying plant matter from your pond is important for maintaining your ponds ecosystem throughout the fall and winter. The buildup of decomposing plant matter can not only clutter your pond, but it can also be detrimental to the health of your pond fish and your pond’s bacteria levels. By pruning the dead stems and leaves of aquatic plants to ensure their health, and by pruning surrounding foliage and skimming regularly to prevent plant debris like falling leaves and twigs from entering your pond, you can help keep your pond healthy by keeping it free of decaying plant matter.

At Great Lakes Pondscapes we understand that maintaining your pond throughout the fall and winter seasons is important for ensuring that your pond is healthy once spring arrives. With supplies for maintaining your pond available in our indoor shop in Paw Paw, you can make sure your pond is ready for the fall with some of the best pond maintenance essentials. To learn more about how you can keep your pond healthy this fall, contact us today!