Pond Skimmers
If you have a garden fish pond then you will know the problems fallen debris can cause to the health of your fish, using pond skimmers are a great way of stopping this debris from getting into your fish pond water.
Fallen debris such as leaves and other vegetation can sink to the bottom of your pond and decay, this decaying process can cause the release of toxic ammonia and other harmful bacteria that can cause the pond water to be unhealthy for your fish.
These pond skimmers are designed to remove any sort of debris that falls to the surface of the pond water before it has chance to sink and cause harm, it does this skimming the surface removing unwanted debris.
This debris is then contained in a type of basket which will need emptying on a regular basis, this is just part of the pond maintenance you signed up to installing a garden fish pond.
There are two options for you to choose from when looking for pond skimmers, the first is the fixed type pond skimmers which will have a pump installed inside the unit.
This pump then sucks the water and debris from the top of your pond containing it inside a basket, and then pumps the remaining water back through a biological filter to purify it before releasing it back in to the pond.
The fixed pond skimmers are not something that is easy to add to an already established garden fish pond, and is much better put in place when you are first building the garden fish pond.
If you are looking for pond skimmers to add to an existing fish pond, then you would be better off considering the floating pond skimmers.
The floating type of skimmer is by far the easiest to install into existing fish ponds, it also has the benefit of being the cheapest version of pond skimmers.
It is perfect for medium to small garden fish ponds and can be installed easily, a lot of fish pond owners have seen great benefits from installing this type of skimmer. 
People think that these types of pond skimmers only work with shallow ponds, this is not the case, no matter how deep your fish pond is all you have to do is to connect a longer piece of tubing from the skimmer to the pond pump.
When purchasing these pond skimmers you will find the manufactures have included information on the best way to set up and operate these pond skimmers, this makes installing these skimmers even easier than it already is.
Below we have listed some different types of pond skimmers for you to look at, you will also find the manufactures information explaining benefits of each skimmer.
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