California Waterscapes

Southern Californias Waterscape & Backyard Waterfalls are Unique

California waterscape, backyards with waterfalls, Koi ponds, pondless waterfall and water gardens are exposed to a wide range of weather conditions. A "Southern California Waterscape" can experience grueling 128 degree temperatures in the summers months throughout the regions of Coachella Valley (Indio, Palm Desert, Palm Springs), while our local mountains, (Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, Forest Falls) you can expect night time lows well below freezing, in the winter months.

Watescapes are also exposed to the wonderful weather conditions of our coastal California communities as well, (San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles) where those backyard waterfall and waterscapes never experience a true winter. Can you just imagine water temperatures that rarely leave the range of 65 to 85 degrees?

There are many different spring pond care and fall pond care routines that need to be modified from the recommended pond care techniques provided by some pond equipment manufacturers and distributors. A perfect example is the fact that the worlds largest pond supply company suggests only cleaning your pond once a year, in the spring time.

"The once a year pond cleaning is not going to fly for most of Californias waterscapes!" Let me explain in detail why. You see, the worlds largest pond supply company is based out of "Illinois", where the pond season only lasts approximately 6 months. So while an annual spring clean out may very well do the trick for States with extreme winters and a short pond season, this once a year clean out mentality, makes for a messy pond here in most parts of Southern California.

Pond Water Treatments for Southern California

In the month of October the entire State of Minnesota has stopped adding Cold Water BENEFICIAL POND BACTERIA to their ponds till spring time, have shut down their ponds for winter and installed deicers to keep their pond from icing over. While sunny Southern California is still enjoying 85 degree weather, feeding koi vigorous tropical water lily bloom explosions, sun bathing and earthquakes (Just Kidding!) in the desert communities.

So in October while Minnesota ponds are shut down for the winter and people are inside enjoying Football and the World Series, "Southern California waterscapes are being exposed to 3 different temperature extremes". The mountain communities are still going to add cold water beneficial bacteria water treatments for approximately one more month before the water temperature drops below 40 degrees, which is where to cut off is for beneficail bacteria lies.

The Inland Empire communities in Riverside and most of San Bernardino County will use the cold water bacteria through out the rest of the winter months while coastal communities in San Diego and Orange County may never even need to switch over to the Cold Water Bacteria water treatments because of their wonderful weather conditions.

Aquatic Plants for your Waterscape & Backyard Waterfall

Aquatic Plants in waterscapes throughout Southern California, including backyard waterfalls and pondless waterfalls, can run out of control if not thinned out regularly throughout the year and trimmed back by two-thirds annually.

A surge of new technology in pond construction is sweeping across California in the form of a back flushable biological waterfall filters. The reason this pond filter is becoming so popular for the construction of California waterscapes is because the pond filter is so easy to maintain. With our extended pond season here in California cleaning your typical pad and lava rock pond filter three or four times a year is a normal necessity, while the true fish fin-additcs may require or suggest monthly cleanings.

The Pond Digger Brand Biological Waterfall filters turn a stinky messy job, that would normally take one hour, not including the shower you will certainly want to take afterwards, into a ten minute chore that you could do in your Sundays Best, on the way out the door to brunch.

Where ever you are in the United States, if you have any questions regarding your waterscapes or the retro-fitting your old pond equipment to a back flushable biological waterfall pond filter, please feel free to post your questions to our TalkPonds™ message board and we will respond as quickly as possible.