Where to Begin Managing a "Healthy Pond"
In millions of ponds and water gardens across the United States, maintenance supervisors, golf course superintendents, engineers, farmers, and hobbyists all face the same challenge of where to start to ensure they have a "healthy" pond. They are bombarded with too much information, too many products or the latest fad, intent on steering them to pristine water in their pond or water garden. The problem still remains of where do I begin to achieve a "healthy" pond?

Test and Balance Before You Treat.
Healthy Ponds® 5 in 1 Test Strips and Ammonia Test Strips allow for easy and accurate testing of pond water. Testing your water at least monthly, preferably weekly, is used to determine water quality and can give you a clear indication of whether or not your pond is in balance. It can also give you warning signs if something is wrong or about to go wrong. The 5 in 1 Test Strips are recommended for all pond owners and will enable you to measure levels of four important parameters in one simple test: pH, alkalinity, nitrites, nitrates and water hardness. Ammonia Test Strips are recommended for ponds containing fish, which will allow you to measure for potentially toxic levels of ammonia.

Establishing balance begins with maintaining the proper pH conditions at all times. Proper pH allows naturally occurring beneficial bacteria to thrive and promote an ecological balance. Healthy Ponds® pH UP and pH DOWN allow balancing or adjusting the pH as necessary if the pH is below 6.0 or above 8.5.