Water inside a fish pond is the most important factor that an owner has to look out for. Inhabitants and plants living inside the water depend on its cleanliness to survive. If you are a very busy person, and the only available day that you have is once every week, you have to improvise something thatll keep your pond from being soiled. That is why you have to allot a portion of your free time in changing the pond water even once a week to assure that your fishes are properly cared for.
Remove the water, partially
You could either choose to remove your fishes from your pond and put them in a container while draining the entire water content of your pond or partially remove the water and clean the pond while your fishes are still in it. Your choice. But, the most advisable thing to do is remove partially the water content to refrain the fishes from becoming unfamiliar to the temperature of their new environment. This may cause your fishes to get sick.
By using a siphon or pump, remove only a portion of the pond water, while youre at it, dont forget to remove decaying vegetation, other debris and fallen leaves. You dont want these things to stay inside your...