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Protection Measures For Garden Ponds

Have you ever spent time enjoying the atmosphere that a garden pond can bring?  These ponds seem to be quite popular over the last several years, as many people are investing their time and money to make a garden treasure in their own backyard.  One threat to your garden paradise is the presence of predators who want to pray on the critters you have bought and placed in your pond.  These animals are hungry and ready to pounce on your fish, turtles, or crustaceans living in your garden pond.  Cats, coyotes, herons, or hawks live to feast off these critters and are ready, able, and willing to take their precious lives.  There is a good news story to all of this, however, and that is you can install protection measures to keep these vicious animals away.

The great blue heron is a mighty bird that lives to eat fish in shallow water areas.  One thing about these birds is that they are highly territorial for their feeding areas.  If one of these birds sees another feeding in a pond they will fly right past it and look or their own diner.  You can install a heron decoy on your pond just for this purpose, to keep these birds away.  Another type of decoy is the alligator decoy, which is a common predator for many of these animals coming to your pond for a snack.  When animals see the alligator decoy they start to take defensive measures and stay away.  These decoy type products really work and can be a simple way to protect you pond from these predators.

There are also a wide range of motion detection activated devices that use various means to keep animals away.  One such product is a scarecrow sprinkler system that will start spraying water when it senses motion.  There are also motion activated air cannons, that will generate a sonic boom that completely startles bird or predators who come near.  These motion activated devices work well against birds as well as land dwelling creatures.  These systems can be quite expensive, but they are effective and a good investment to protect your Koi pond.

The last and simplest type of protection you can take is to install garden pond netting.  This material is like fishing net material, and comes in various types and sizes.  They not only prevent animals from eating critters in your pond, they also keep your fish and other aquatic animals from leaving the pond.  In addition, the netting protects your pond from falling leaves, twigs, and branches that could settle to the bottom and cause problems with decay.

When you initially design your pond you should consider the types of defensive measures you will employ, and try to work this in your design.  One thing you can do is to make the pond sufficiently deep so the fish can move to deeper water in case of danger.  You can also create structures for fish to hide in like caves rocks to so they have a place to swim to for protection.  In addition, you should design the pond for the installation of netting, and do install that at the time of pond construction.

If you are thinking about adding some protection to your garden or fish pond then you should consider adding some pond netting. Find out more information, reviews, and availability for pond netting please visit http://pondnetting.org

About the Author

Elijiah Rampart is an internet researcher on home and garden issues.  He is particularly interested garden ponds and finding the best pond netting available.  Find out more information on what he has learned by visiting http://pondnetting.org

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