Basic, yet functional, equipment is needed to perform water feature maintenance. Mike Newcomer, landscape and water feature manager for SunCo Grounds Management, Omaha, Neb., gives the list of equipment that keeps his clients’ water features up and running.
- Power washer to clean sides of pond
- Pumps to drain pond
- Hoses for refilling the pond
- Two 50-gallon tubs to hold fish
- Buckets
- Hip waders
- Rubber gloves and boots
- Rain coats
- Trash can with holes in the bottom to hold aquatic plants
- De-chlorinator to introduce fish back into the water
- Fish food
- Light bulbs
- Algae and bacteria cleaner
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