Ornamental garden ponds

Garden ponds

Is it necessary to have a villa with park for organizing a small expanse of water to enjoy in peace? Of course not. You only need a simple garden, a small plot of land, just like those ones typical of terraced houses, so as to create a little place all for yourself and then transform it into a tropical miniature landscape.

You do not need large spaces, nor great works to do to achieve these artificial structures. There is no need of large investments of money, and I would say that this detail, given the particular economic times we are living in, is not really of secondary importance.

So why give it up? There are several companies in Italy, but you could find a lot all over the world, which offer different solutions, all of them easy to realize, with impressive results.

From ornamental aquariums to garden ponds

It was born in 1978 Arredacquario, an ornamental aquariums producer. In the early '90s, the owner chooses the field of garden ponds to expand and diversify the company's production, giving rise to a new commercial project: GIARDINI D'ACQUA (water gardens).

Since then, it has been a continuous evolution, with a considerable success as concerns sales and prestige. The range of products that the company offers is very rich and varied, going from fiberglass ponds and waterfalls, finished by hand with sand and quartz, to the ponds for turtles, including the economic PVC and fiberglass versions.

On their website, you could find some advice on how to make very practical installation of waterfalls and ponds, as well as suggestions about daily and seasonal maintenance, just to get the best performance from both products, avoiding unpleasant surprises, thanks to small wise precautions.

After the installation of the pond, in fact, the right care of the entire system will ensure the best stability for a long time as concerns the structure, and this also means real benefits in terms of well-being. For example, it is important that within the pond there are potted plants, as well as some plants cultivated in the bottom of the pond, too.

The water will be maintained clear through algaecides systems, such as the use of UV lamps that sterilize the water itself, and also help to protect fish against diseases. Recommended for these ponds are goldfish, canary fish, the Subunki, the Japanese bright coloured Koi, that feed on insects and tadpoles. With regard to some natural system to fight mosquito, they also recommend Leuciscus and Gambusie, which eat the larvae of these annoying insects.

Ponds against mosquito

The artificial garden ponds, in addition to serving as landscaping, are also good to fight mosquito, and this is well known by another industry leader: ASKOLL for years on the market with the production of small aquariums and garden ponds.

For Askoll, having an aquarium in your living space, or an artificial garden pond, means following a definite philosophy of life: beauty and utility go hand in hand, and it is true that not only beautiful, but also useful, the pond enriches home with a magnetic and relaxing element, then there is no doubt ... let's clear our gardens to make room for wonderful blue oasis, nice spots of peace and well-being that help to dispel strain and recharge senses, at our own home!

If the pond reveals as well an effective ally against mosquitoes, then there is no reason to deprive yourself of a corner like that, that is also very easy to create.

To set up an ornamental pond no permits or licenses of any kind are needed, also because of the small size of this type of article. All you have to do is reduced to a few actions, such as an excavation of a few decimetres deep, and 3-5 square meters. Expense is low, too, as you coul find out with Askoll Laguna, which offers, at a very affordable prize for everyone, the Telo Facile (Easy Tarpaulin) 3x4, and the Power Jet Flow 2200 Filter with 2 small fountains.

Askoll recommends spring and summer seasons as the most appropriate to prepare these ponds, offering the Laguna line, in fact, in the best Garden Shops, and it includes tarpaulins, filters, pumps for waterfalls, treatments for water, various accessories and ornaments.

The extremely low maintenance and the fact that you can customize your own garden pond, ensure an easy use with the result of absolute well-being and relaxation in your nice little spot. A little advice on how to transform the pond in a formidable enemy for mosquitoes is to insert an appropriate filter to keep the water in motion, so as to avoid phenomena of stagnation.

You can also add small fountains and cascades that, in addition to their aesthetic functions, are useful to maintain water oxygenated as much as possible. The introduction, then, of fish that eat mosquitoes or mosquito larvae will do the rest...

In addition to goldfish, you could use Gambusie, as already said, as their reduced dimensions allow them to be able to easily slip in between the plants to devour the larvae of these annoying insects. Even dragonflies, frogs and tadpoles will show themselves to be insatiable of both mosquitoes and mosquito larvae.