Ornamental & Private Pond Care

Headwaters Aquatic Veterinary provides production-focused health oversight.

We have extensive experience with 

• A wide variety of aquatic species from fish to amphibians
• Large & small ponds, round tanks, recirculation systems
• Biosecurity protocol development
• Disease diagnosis & treatment

• Natural disaster mitigation & response (e.g. threat from fire)

Disease outbreaks can result in rapid mortality and significant financial loss with a heavy emotional toll.

Proactive health management reduces:
• Fish loss
• Antibiotic dependence
• Biosecurity gaps
• Seasonal instability
• Emergency disruptions 

We work alongside clients through annual service agreements that provide:

• Scheduled system reviews
• Biosecurity assistance
• Health monitoring
• Emergency response planning

This ensures stability across seasons through the years.

Review of tailored pond ecosystem  metrics is key to improving fish health and overall pond aesthetics. Such items that can be integrated into an aquatic health review are:

• Husbandry continuity
• Number & size of fish in pond
• Feeding & nutritional considerations
• Fish illness & loss tracking
• Seasonal risk planning
• Expansion planning support

The scoring system we use not only provides a tangible, quantifiable assessment of our clients systems, but is also trackable over time and a useful metric for objective evaluation of system or fish changes. 

• Works for koi
• Works for trout farms
• Works for RAS
• Scales into large lascape level evaluations
• Takes out much of the guesswork

Have a question or need to request a production health consultation? Contact us by phone, email, or online.