Pond Netting - Protection for Your Koi or Garden Pond

Pond Netting to Protect Your Garden or Koi Pond

Pond netting serves a very practical purpose and that is to protect your garden or fish pond so you can enjoy it for years to come.

You have worked hard to build and maintain your beautiful backyard pond.  Perhaps you have Koi fish in there, either way you desire to take that next step up and add some extra protection by installing some pond netting. This material is just basically fishing net, but it comes in a wide variety of sizes and types of mesh. The pond netting performs three basic functions. It keeps debris from collecting in your pond. Pond netting keeps predators away from your fish, and your aquatic plants. And finally it keeps your beautiful fish from getting a little jumpy. 

What we usually see that is in the Fall, the trees start to change color and then shed leaves. If your pond area is lush with trees this can cause quite a problem for you, as some of these leaves will most likely start collecting in your Koi pond and pond netting can prevent this from happening. At first, the leave will just stay on the surface and float, but as they absorb water they will start to sink and form a debris layer on the bottom of your pond. When they are on the surface they will make it next to impossible for your fish to feed on the surface for insects. Also, if you have placed any floating decorations in your pond the leaves will make it difficult for you to see and enjoy them. If you allow the leaves to start collecting they will eventually decay at the bottom of your pond and they could even pollute your beautiful garden pond.  

Seems like most of these backyard ponds have fish in them of some sort.  It is quite common to see exotic looking Koi fish or Carp in these types of ponds.  They are fun to feed and watch as they swim back and forth, but these guys can at times get a little jumpy as they frolic in the water.  If you have them in your pond for a long enough time you will observe that they can actually jump out of the pond onto dry land.  I am sure you can imagine how tragic that is for your investment and the poor little fishy.  For this reason it is a good idea to go ahead and place some pond netting over your pond to keep the critters on the water where they belong.  

Finally, there is one last danger to keep in mind.  I am sure you enjoy eating fish, and there are numerous other birds and animals who do as well.  In fact, if you don’t cover your pond with pond netting you will gradually see your fish disappear one by one.  There is nothing quite like seeing a cat running away from your Koi pond with a large orange and white beauty flopping from his mouth.  Also, there are birds of prey like hawks and herons who would love to munch on your fish, so it is an excellent idea to install pond netting to keep them away.  

Placing pond netting is fairly easy to place over your backyard pride and joy. All that is needed is to spread it over the area of your pond and then secure the perimeter with either wooden or plastic stakes. If the netting sags down anywhere you can place boards or plastic pipe across that area to support it. It is critical that the pond netting is completely suspended above the water.