Like many people, I expected to set up my water fountains and just leave them. You get them to start; the water comes out, what more would I need to be doing? This was an easy way of thinking for a few months, maybe more. But then the fountain started to break and I needed to work out why, which isn’t an easy job.
One of the main reasons is a blockage, which can happen for a number of reasons. One which comes up a lot is algae and can be easily reversed. By buying a fountain cleaner water solution is clear and treated for around 30-80 gallons. Simple, I thought. That’s another job out of the way for another year.
I was wrong. I needed to clean the frame, or replace it as the metal began to look rusty. This wasn’t an easy job, though luckily for me I could sit next to the pond and do it by hand. Some would need to go out on a boat.
When I started cleaning my water fountains I realized that I needed to do more than one job. There were LED lights that needed changing and water fountain pebbles that looked a little old. These were jobs that could take a day’s work to complete but must be done.
So after realizing the size of my task, I went online and found some more fountain accessories to help make the job easier. Fountains might not need a lot of work all the time, but make sure not to leave them for too long or the problems mount up.
