What are Pond Skimmers?

There are three types of filters that can help keep your backyard pond beautiful and healthy. Biological, mechanical, and chemical filters all have different purposes. Pond skimmers are a type of mechanical filter that grabs leaves and other debris off the surface of your pond. Other types of mechanical filters strain out suspended particles. Pond skimmers are an important element of backyard ponds, since they keep ponds looking clean. Also, backyard ponds covered in debris and leaves are unhealthy, and can create an unsafe environment for your fish and water plants. Without pond skimmers, unwanted elements eventually sink to the bottom of the pond, decay, and create gases. Pond skimmers are designed to work with other types of filters, as a sort of pre-filter that removes the larger elements such as floating leaves, which would clog other types of biological or chemical filters. These same floating leaves would also clog the pump. Many pond skimmers are creatively designed to fit ...  more