Quick-Start Your Pond!

• Startup is easy with Jungle^® Water Garden Products! Once you’ve decided on the size of your pond and where it will be located, begin to give it life by filling it up with water. Add Pond Start^® to remove the chlorine from the water and ease the stress on your fish when you add them to their new home.

• Use Ammonia Chloramine Eliminator™ if your water supply contains chloramines.

• Add Pond Clear-Zyme^® blocks or concentrate to get your natural biological filtration started with safe, beneficial bacteria and enzymes. Know that it’s natural for a newly set-up pond to exhibit cloudiness, which is a sign that your beneficial bacteria are developing. The process is often referred to as the “Nitrogen Cycle.”

• Now it’s time to add your fish and plants. Use this site to find out how many fish your pond can hold and how to measure the water capacity of your pond.

• Use the Jungle Pond Kit during start-up. It contains everything you’ll need, including Pond Start^®, Pond Ammonia Chloramine Remover™, Pond Block^®, and Pond Clear-Zyme^®. You’ll just need to add water, plants and fish!

• Be sure to choose hardy fish, such as inexpensive Comets, as you cycle your new pond.

• See a complete list of Jungle Pond products for more help.

• Visit a Jungle retailer in your area to purchase Jungle Pond products.

Five tips for new water garden success

1. When creating your water garden, select an area that gets no more than four to six hours of sunlight a day. Too much sun may promote algae growth and distress fish. Your water garden should also be installed in an area free of rocks, away from run-off and away from trees, since leaves and debris can quickly disturb a pond’s water quality.

2. Feed your fish only high-quality fish food, and only feed what they will eat within three to five minutes. Overfeeding can lead to ammonia buildup, which results in conditions that are unhealthy to both your fish and plants.

3. Plants add both beauty and benefits to water gardens. They help reduce algae growth by competing for the same nutrients. Submerged plants absorb many harmful chemicals in the water and provide oxygen for fish. Many varieties of plants provide hiding places for fry and timid fish, and floating plants furnish shade for fish.

4. Once your pond is established, do periodic water tests and partial water changes to ensure good water quality. Keep track of the health of your fish and plants and always be prepared with a variety of Jungle^® Water Garden products.

5. During the winter months, use a de-icer on the surface of the water. It will keep a section of the water garden unfrozen so that oxygen is available and carbon dioxide can escape.

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