The pond pumps (waterfall, fountain and bamboo water spout) are cycled through most of the day (every day x 365) off a timer which is connected to a RCD (AKA GFC).

Every two weeks I treat the pond with Aquapro/Aquatec Bionatural Feature Clean Treatment

which keeps everything looking pretty good all year round.

However over winter what was one a thriving water lettuce died off and seemed to contaminate everything so time for some TLC.

I’m using the fountain pump to pump water out and the garden hose with flow rate adjusted to bring in fresh water.

I clean the pond with a small fish net and dust pan brush and let it run for about three hours so we have a few complete water changes. After this I treat the water with the pond cleaner and we are done.