Little Giant™ PondWorks™
Water Treatments
The peaceful sound of water gently flowing down a stream... Glistening water cascading over the falls of a pond - all elements of a backyard paradise.
Sometimes paradise needs a little hand from time to time. That's where Little Giant™ Water Treatment Products can help. By using Little Giant™ Water Treatment Products you can successfully create and maintain a healthy ecosystem for your pond's aquatic life. The product line is a carefully selected combination of products designed as a successful system for pond care. The simple yet thorough instructions on each product makes our system effective and easy to use. Plus each Little Giant™ Water Treatment product can be used safely with any other product in the line.
To keep your water crystal clear, Little Giant™ offers the most complete and simple water treatment process on the market today. The basis is an easy-to-follow 6-step process that will provide you with safe, clean water.
Step 1 - Prep Your Water
Once you have filled your pond you need to remove the harmful chlorines and chloramines that are inherent to tape water. Little Giant™'s Water Prep (dry) or Little Giant™'s Water Prep (Liquid) will remove these harmful properties. Use Water Prep any time you add water to the pond.
Step 2 - Test Your Water
Little Giant™ Test Strips will give you a reading on the PH level, nitrite levels and buffering capacity of your pond. The buffering capacity is the alkalinity level which helps prevent wide ph swings.
Step 3 - Stabilize Your Pond
Add Little Giant™'s pH Stabilizer to maintain a buffering capacity of 80 - 240 parts per million. A properly buffered pond will resist change in ph due to acid rain and other external factors.
Step 4 - Test Your Water Again
(follow procedure from Step 2)
Step 5 - Adjust ph Level
If the ph level is above 8.5, apply Little Giant™'s ph Down. You should not change the ph level more than .2 point per day. A drastic change can cause stress and possibly death in fish. A ph reading of 7.0 is optimal.
Step 6 - Biological Balance
Add BioBalance in either Water Soluble Bags or Bottle. It's a natural bacterium product that will help clear and maintain the worst of pond problems.
For continued maintenance, it's a good idea to test the pond water once a week. pH levels are at their lowest point in the morning, so testing in the morning is ideal - and it helps establish a routine. Sunlight will cause the pH to rise throughout the day.
**Even low levels of chlorine and chloramines can be toxic to fish. These substances are added to cities water supplies to make the water safe for human consumption. However, they are extremely harmful to all pond life. Chlorine and chloramines cause gill damage which eventually results in gill lesions. These lesions will eventually thicken the gill filaments leaving fish unable to utilize oxygen and release carbon dioxide, thus resulting in fish death. To prevent this damage from occurring add Little Giant Liquid Dechlorinator to your pond with each water exchange or when beginning a new pond. Liquid Dechlorinator has been designed to remove toxic chlorine and chloramines from tap water. Liquid Dechlorinator will work to break the chlorine/chloramine bonds and reduce the chlorine and ammonia down to non-toxic levels. Designed for smaller ponds, Liquid Dechlorinator will safely and effectively remove these harmful substances from ponds and water gardens.