If you are fed up with having to remove the leaf debris from the surface of your pond every day during the autumn and winter months, then a great option is to buy a pond skimmer.

Excess leaves can add unwanted nutrients to your pond disturbing its delicate eco-system. Some people try to remove leaves using a net during the winter months while others whose pond sits in a leafy area have to resort to using fine netting over the pond surface to try to catch as many leaves as possible. If you use a pond skimmer you don’t have to worry about leaves falling into the pond as the skimmer will collect them for you.

The Oase SwimSkin CWS 50 is a brilliant pond skimming device that can collect those excess leaves and because it has an inbuilt pump it can also stir up the pollutants on the pond floor so they can be collected more efficiently by the pond filter system. The Oase CWS50 also has a built in aerator to add oxygen to the pond water and it can operate on ponds of up to 50 square metres in size.

At this time of year this is also a great device to prevent ice forming on the surface of the pond and its removable collection basket means debris can be removed easily.