Adding a Fountain to Your Pond

If you have a pond already in your backyard or garden you can add a small fountain to it to help create a sense of movement, but you do need to follow some basic guidelines.

Fountain ponds offer a sense of tranquility and beauty to a backyard or garden. However, when you are deciding where to place a fountain in a pond which contains fish and plants, there are a few things which you should considered. Unfortunately, not all fountains are good for plants and fish. If the fountain is too high the constantly falling water can over aerate the water and cause stress for the fish. In addition to harming the fish, the turbulence caused by the fountain can disrupt plant roots. The best rule of thumb for a fountain is that it is small enough that it does not create a splash.

However, water fountains can be beautiful garden sculptures, and bring sound and motion to the garden and help create a beautiful tranquil spot. There is nothing saying that you cannot have a fountain in one area of your garden and a pond in another area. That way if you want a beautiful work of art, which is also a fountain you can have it. If you want something that you can display beautiful water plants and fish, you can have that as well. Just don't combine the two.

Fountains make beautiful additions to any garden or yard. Just do not add fish or plant to them. Both fish and plants thrive in calm, serene environments, placed in an environment that has even the smallest amount of turbulence can be unhealthy for the fish and uproot any plants. When creating water flowing structures, such as fountains, you have to be very conservative, or better yet do not add any thing such as plants and fish to it.

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