There are some Koi pond supplies that are essential to keeping your pond running properly and your water crystal clear. You should plan to have these supplies on hand in case an emergency arises and you need to treat your pond. You’ll want to be sure that you have adequate testing supplies so that you can determine the water quality on a regular basis - your Koi’s health depends on it!

Some things you will need even before you get your fish and the most important things for a Koi pond are filters and a good pump. You want to have both biological filtration as well as mechanical filtration - one will keep the amount of bacteria down while the other will remove debris from the pond. If you do not have adequate filtration water quality will become a problem and the health of your fish will be compromised. The pump will keep the water moving thus providing oxygen and a more natural environment.

Your other Koi pond supplies are more chemical in nature. First of all you want to be sure that you have a dechlorinator so that you can remove the chlorine and other chemicals from the tap water that you are putting into the pond. This is most important when you are first filling the pond or doing a water change. Anytime you add water to the pond, you want to be sure to use the proper amount of dechlorinator.

It’s important that your pond has the optimum PH and nitrate when it doesn’t you’ll need pond salt and baking soda in order to bring it into balance. It’s important to have these supplies on hand since you’ll want to correct any unbalances right away and not have to wait until you can make a trip to the store.

In order to determine if your PH, ammonia and nitrite levels are good, you’ll need a test kit. These kits allow you to take a water sample from the pond and add a few drops of the test chemicals which will reveal the various levels of nitrite, nitrate, ammonia and the PH of the pond. You should test your pond every week and take action if the levels are not optimum.

Other Koi pond supplies have to do with the aesthetics of your pond, but it’s also important to keep the plants well groomed as they can add to the health of your pond. You’ll need a rake, a space and some good gardening gloves to move pond side plants around as well as rake up debris. Optionally, you might go for a pond heater, a pond cover, a water fountain and maybe even a water fall.