JAKARTA - Having a fish pond at home is a pleasure for its residents. The sound of gurgling water will make the atmosphere more beautiful, the fish that swim here and there make the heart feel peaceful, aquatic plants beautify the appearance of the pond, and the view of the garden of the house becomes more beautiful. However, residents of the house have more homework, namely cleaning dirty fish ponds on a regular basis.

Fish ponds are easy to become dirty due to fish droppings, dust, and also moss that grows. This dirty fish pond if left for too long can worsen the appearance of the garden and create an unhealthy environment for fish. For those of you who don't have much time to clean fish ponds regularly, just plant some water plants that can clean moss or dust in the following ponds!

Water Banana

The first water plant is the water banana. It was named so because it looks like a banana tree on land, it's just that this aquatic plant is smaller in size. The leaves are somewhat similar to taro leaves. This aquatic plant can grow tall with wavy leaves up to 1.5 meters long. It will be suitable to decorate large fish ponds and prevent pond water from getting too hot during the day.

Water Bamboo

If bamboo is generally planted above the ground and can grow tall, then this aquatic plant lives in water as its name implies. Water bamboo has a shape that resembles a real bamboo plant, only it is smaller in size. Its height is only about 25 to 100 cm. For the diameter of the stem itself, this aquatic plant grows up to a maximum of 3 cm. This green aquatic plant is suitable to be placed around the fish pond as a barrier.

When Lili

The next aquatic plants are not only able to make the fish pond cleaner, but also beautify it. Because this water plant is a flower that deserves to be juxtaposed with flowers on the mainland.

The color is pure white and the shape resembles the mouth of a trumpet. At first glance it looks like a plastic flower. This beautiful aquatic plant also has a soft aroma so that relaxing time by the pool will be more enjoyable.

Chain Algae

Chain algae are aquatic plants that are oxygenated in nature, aka increase oxygen levels in the fish pond so that the water remains clear and the fish get sufficient oxygen intake. This aquatic plant is shaped like a bush and all parts of it can be left in the water.

One bunch of chain algae can work effectively for every 3 square meters of fish pond. In addition to cleaning fish ponds, these aquatic plants can also be used for shelter and shelter by young fish.

Umbrella Papyrus

Umbrella papyrus has a stem with a tip filled with small long leaves. Aquatic plants that are green in all parts of this grow in groups. The roots are in the water and the leaves are sticking out at the top. The leaves are thick enough to be used to shade the fish in the pond.


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