Hi All,
A year or so ago we bought a house with a pretty large 3000+ gal Koi pond in the back yard. The pond no longer has fish in it, but we love the ambiance so we've kept the pond running and maintained as best we can. This past week I decided it was time to drain the pond and give it a good cleaning. With the pond empty and clean, I'm wondering if there are any changes I should make now that it's not a "koi pond" anymore. We are 99% sure that we will not be adding fish again anytime in the foreseeable future.
The pond filtration system is pretty elaborate. I have 3 concrete cells that are dug into the ground and filled with filter media. Each cells hold at least a couple hundred gallons of water. The first cell is 3 rows of filter brushes. The water then passes through to a cell filled with blue bio mesh mats and then to the 3rd cell which is also filled with bio mesh mats. From there the water is pumped back into the pond. We also have skimmers which do not run through the filtration.
So based on this filtration system, is there anything I should add / take away now that the pond is purely decorative? Obviously keeping Algae down is a huge priority, but is there anything else I can do to make this system more efficient as a decorative pond? We have a lot of queen palms in our back yard and I shoveled about 4 buckets worth of palm seeds out of the pond. Is there anything we can add to help with that?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
A year or so ago we bought a house with a pretty large 3000+ gal Koi pond in the back yard. The pond no longer has fish in it, but we love the ambiance so we've kept the pond running and maintained as best we can. This past week I decided it was time to drain the pond and give it a good cleaning. With the pond empty and clean, I'm wondering if there are any changes I should make now that it's not a "koi pond" anymore. We are 99% sure that we will not be adding fish again anytime in the foreseeable future.
The pond filtration system is pretty elaborate. I have 3 concrete cells that are dug into the ground and filled with filter media. Each cells hold at least a couple hundred gallons of water. The first cell is 3 rows of filter brushes. The water then passes through to a cell filled with blue bio mesh mats and then to the 3rd cell which is also filled with bio mesh mats. From there the water is pumped back into the pond. We also have skimmers which do not run through the filtration.
So based on this filtration system, is there anything I should add / take away now that the pond is purely decorative? Obviously keeping Algae down is a huge priority, but is there anything else I can do to make this system more efficient as a decorative pond? We have a lot of queen palms in our back yard and I shoveled about 4 buckets worth of palm seeds out of the pond. Is there anything we can add to help with that?
Any thoughts are appreciated.