{"id":555,"date":"2011-01-24T19:38:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T19:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/?p=555"},"modified":"2016-10-21T04:38:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T04:38:37","slug":"pond-bacteria-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-it-in-your-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/pond-bacteria-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-it-in-your-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Pond Bacteria \u2013 What it is and why you need it in your pond?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/gallery\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"blog-image alignleft\" title=\"Natural Pond\" src=\"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stephanie-pond-2-jpg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pond Eco-system\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Bacteria are microscopic unicellular organisms, typically spherical, rod-like, or spiral and threadlike in shape, often clumped into colonies. Some bacteria cause disease, while others perform an essential role in nature in recycling of materials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">For example, bacteria aids in the recycling of decomposed organic matter into a form available for reuse by plants. Some forms of bacteria are used to stabilize organic wastes in wastewater treatment plants, oil spills, or other pollutants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Bacteria is very important in the function of your pond ecosystem. There are countless types of bacteria, something for every function. Bacteria work together to form a giant recycling plant by taking waste and dead material and converting it back into usable nutrients in the food chain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/gallery\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"blog-image alignleft\" title=\"Beautiful Dragonfly over Pond\" src=\"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Stephanie-pond-6-jpg-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Natural Pond Eco-system\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Bacteria prefer to be anchored to a substance like rocks or gravel, and are found in largest quantities in the mist of decomposing leaves. Putting rocks and gravel in a pond significantly reduces the amount of muck buildup in the bottom of the pond. This is because rocks and gravel provide many places for bacteria to call &#8220;home&#8221;, much more than a bare liner. More bacteria means more capacity to break down fish waste and plant debris, which leads to better water quality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">The type of bacteria we recommend using in our pond systems is a safe, non-toxic combination of specially blended bacteria and enzymes. It is designed to assist in controlling water quality and is similar to the bacteria naturally present in oceans, rivers, streams, and lakes in that it assists in completely breaking down dead organic matter thereby minimizing the release of nutrients and toxins into the water. It is recommended that this special mix of bacteria be introduced into a newly established water garden and continued thereafter in two to three week intervals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bacteria are microscopic unicellular organisms, typically spherical, rod-like, or spiral and threadlike in shape, often clumped into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[5,6,9],"tags":[516,991,1008,1055,1427],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pond Bacteria \u2013 What it is and why you need it in your pond? - California Waterscapes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/californiawaterscapes.com\/pond-bacteria-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-it-in-your-pond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pond Bacteria \u2013 What it is and why you need it in your pond? 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