Best and Worst Aquatic Plants for Koi and Goldfish Pond:
Many aquatic plants will do well
in your pond. They provide a natural appearance to your Koi and Goldfish pond & can offer
food to your fish. Also, fish can hide in plants that relieve their stress. Adult Koi & Goldfish, & their Fries will eat plants & use them for hiding. Live plants can offer fish a home
similar to their wild habitat & most of the fish thrive better in a heavily
planted pond. If you want to know what are the best & worst plants for your Koi and Goldfish pond then this article will help you.
Pond plants are divided into 5 categories such as submerged, emerged, bog, marginal & floating plants. They can be placed in different regions of your pond such as from the outer edge to underwater.
Submerged pond plants:
Submerged pond plants have their roots buried in substrate or fixed at the bottom of water. Submerged pond plants are helpful for aerating water. They keep algae in control by absorbing nutrition that can cause abrupt growth of algae. They also keep water clean by absorbing toxic chemicals & pollutants released from fish waste. They need regular pruning & some fish like goldfish or cichlids will eat them completely.
Following submerged plants are
suitable for your pond: hornwort & eelgrass.
Emersed pond plants:
Emersed pond plants have their
roots buried in substrate or fixed at the bottom of water but they will grow
above the surface of water. Emersed aquatic plants can lower aquarium
temperature by providing shade to lower parts of the aquarium. They grow their
vegetation outside water, & absorb nutrition from water using its roots
that act as food for the plant. Lower plants will not receive enough light which is required for photosynthesis.
Following emersed plants are
suitable for your pond: Water Lily, Pickerelweed & Arrowhead Plant
Bog plants for pond:
Bog plants are placed on the
outer boundary of the pond. If you want to keep them healthy then bury them in
moist soil. Ponds can be created with bog. They are best for water purification
& provide more regions for planting aquatic plants.
High sunlight is good for bog
plants as well as they thrive well in moist soil.
Following bog plants are suitable
for your pond: Pitcher Plant, Corkscrew Rush & Rodgers Flower.
Marginal plants for pond:
Marginal plants can live if water
level is up to 6 inches. They like wet soil too.
Following marginal plants are
suitable for your pond: Northern Blue Flag, Ogon Golden Sweet Flag & Marsh
Marigolds
Floating pond plants (bad):
Floating plants’ roots are not buried in substrate so they are freely floating on water. These plants should not be introduced to ponds because they are slippery. Popular floating plants are duckweed & salvinia. When you put your arm in the pond then duckweed / salvinia will stick to your arm. Also, floating plants are not fixed because their roots are not buried so wind can easily blow them. Floating plants can absorb lots of nutrition so they are the best filtration plants.
If you are careless & can’t maintain your pond plants then it could cause imbalance in the ecosystem of water.
Read: Advantages and disadvantages of floating aquatic plants
Bad pond plants:
Certain plants can quickly cover your pond. It offers a jungle-like appearance which does not look beautiful. Bad pond plants are Cabomba, Naiad, milfoil, phragmites & curly-leaf pondweed.
Toxic pond plants (worst):
Certain plants consist of toxic
chemicals that are extremely dangerous to fish. Their leaves, fruits, bark or
other parts are deadly for the life of fish. Please do not add the following
plants in your pond:
Flowering tobacco, Caladium,
Foxglove, Holly, Angel's trumpet, Black walnut, Daphne, Climbing nightshade,
Azalea, Chokecherry/Cherry, Juniper, Castor bean, Horsechestnut, Jasmine,
Morning glory, Red maple & Wisteria.
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