Can,t rid the cloud !

[Makemray]

Hi, i have had a small pond for 25 years. This year i am having problems getting a clear pond. Uv filter working okay. Pond ph levels etc okay. I have changed water 35 % adding usual chemicalS as required. With filter running the water is constanky stirring up gwhat i believe is sludge material. I have added several treatments of sludge buster. I switched pond pump off for three days and the pond was much clearer. I changed the pump position and lifted it higher closer to the surface. As soon as the pump is back in operation the pond clouds again. ( i have double checked that the pump water flow is correct direction just incase i had reconnected it the wrong way after last filter clean.)

Is it just a case i need to dredge out the bottom of tbe pond best i can. I have a pond suction vacuum cleaner but to tell the truth hate using it. It will clean sludge out but empties the pond aswell.

Suggestions welcomed.

Ray

 

[Big Lou]

Welcome Make. Removing the sludge should help. Tell us about your filter.

 

[Makemray]

Hi, it is a barrell type Green geni . Lotus i think.

 

[Lisak1]

It does sound like perhaps you have a lot of debris that just keeps getting kicked up and clouding things up. Maybe time to physically remove the gunk from the bottom with a submersible pump or pond vac? Or use a fines filter to clean it out - like quilt batting in a basket and pump the water through it.

 

[Makemray]

Thats was my next step i guess. Thanks. Ray

 

[Dave 54]

Hi, i have had a small pond for 25 years. This year i am having problems getting a clear pond. Uv filter working okay. Pond ph levels etc okay. I have changed water 35 % adding usual chemicalS as required. With filter running the water is constanky stirring up gwhat i believe is sludge material. I have added several treatments of sludge buster. I switched pond pump off for three days and the pond was much clearer. I changed the pump position and lifted it higher closer to the surface. As soon as the pump is back in operation the pond clouds again. ( i have double checked that the pump water flow is correct direction just incase i had reconnected it the wrong way after last filter clean.)

Is it just a case i need to dredge out the bottom of tbe pond best i can. I have a pond suction vacuum cleaner but to tell the truth hate using it. It will clean sludge out but empties the pond aswell.

Suggestions welcomed.

Ray

Ray I got green cloudy water for the very first time ever due to our pond being under the covers that bit longer this spring than they normally would be.
My local dealership recomended I try "Blanket Cover" by Cloverleaf , it cleared our pond to cyrstal clear in only four days and is perfectly safe for fish because its made from minerals and enzymes much needed in our pond and fish .
I have to dose the pond again in lte summer but only half of what I used before .

Dave

 

[Tula]

I've had luck clearing water with increased aeration, it seems to help.

 

[Mmathis]

You didn't say [or did I miss it....] how big your pond is and how many fish you have. I agree that you probably need to clean out the botton gunk, but since your vac removes so much water, you could let that count as a water change. Or, get a fine net and use it to dredge up the gunk.

I asked about your fish, assuming you have fish. Have you added any new fish lately, or have your existing fish grown a lot? Sometimes that sneaks up on people, and it's actually an increased fish load that is the root of the problem. Yes, even if you've only had the same # of fish for those 25 years, they do grow, have babies, etc., all of which can stress an otherwish healthy biosystem.

 

[Makemray]

The pond is small around 500galls. 11 fish. Nothing big. I am pretty sure this is rubbish rather than green water.
Ray

 

[Dave 54]

The pond is small around 500galls. 11 fish. Nothing big. I am pretty sure this is rubbish rather than green water.
Ray

Ok Ray make sure that your filters are clean and that you've cleared the bottom of the pond of all debris leaves etc[should be done in spring ].
Then you need a product like Tetra Clarifin which is a pond water clarifier that clears murky water and improves water quality and acts as a flocculant meaning that particles suspended in the water are attracted to it, they then clump together and these clumps are then taken up via the filter returning crystal clear water from the filter to the pond .

Dave

 

[mrtrumpet]

Ray, I too am struggling with a cloudy pond. Mine is the fault of the pond builder who left dirt all over the lining, under rocks, etc. when building. Oh well. I have found that quilt batting in the filtration process can work wonders to remove soil particles. In conjunction with a flocculent, or even Koi-Clay the pond clears. But then, big storms come, raise water level, loosen stones, etc and here we go again! Good luck.

 

[Makemray]

Hi guys, this is an established pond of 25 years. Built by myself and maintained by me over those years. I know most of the tricks and chemicals to use and have done. I am presently doing what i didn,t want to do and draining tge pond for a full clean out. Just hope the fish survive the trauma.

Ray