I can see clearly now.... the algae's gone...

[tbendl]

Yeah I have a LOT of frogs out there Shdwdrgn, every morning when I walk out and it's still dark all I can hear are the splashes as they jump in. Some are fairly large by the "kerplunk" I can hear.
Crap, now that I can see the bottom maybe I'll look for them tomorrow morning after it lightens up a bit.

 

[tbendl]

Yeah but timvz didn't you say you now had a ridiculous amount in your pond from all the babies?

 

[Shdwdrgn]

My first fish were three goldfish that my nephew won at the fair. His dad didn't want them in his pond, and I had just filled my pond a day ago. I said, "Sure. Throw them in. Lets see what happens." Somehow, all three lived. Brand new water from the tap, no conditioning, brand new pond. They are still swimming happily with about two dozen others I've added.

Your city probably used chlorine... it will evaporate out of the water within 24 hours (faster if you have a waterfall or something else stirring up the surface). On the other hand, chloramine doesn't evaporate out and has to be chemically neutralized.

 

[timvz]

Ya, they use chlorine and pond was running.

 

[dieselplower]

I get butterfly nets for $1 at a store called 5 Below. The holes are very tiny so as not to tangle the butterfly, so it works real well with small debris. I just do a quick scoop of the bottom every once in a while. No need to actually put a net in the bottom

 

[tbendl]

Is it similar to an aquarium net?

 

[dieselplower]

It has a pole that is about 4' long and has a round net opening about the size of a basketball. and the net comes in all sorts of pretty colors

 

[tbendl]

Hmm, I wonder if I could put some cheesecloth or nylon netting over my existing net so I could make it myself.
I mean I like the pretty colors idea but think I could adapt my leaf net to work.
And diesel, I do have some debris on the sides of the pond, (it's been there for awhile but now I can clearly see it). Is this the stuff I should be scooping out?
I can take pictures tonight to show you if need be.

 

[dieselplower]

https://www.google.com/search?q=fiv...a=X&ei=xrEQVJOTEYqYyASWlYHoAg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

 

[dieselplower]

I have algae growing on the sides, on the liner, and I leave it. Consider it biological filtration and a snack for the fish. The algae consume ammonia, which is toxic to fish. But if I recall correctly, you dont have fish?

 

[tbendl]

Correct, no sish. Just plants. I scooped the bottom of the pond this morning and nothing came up but I will try a butterfly net and see if it's just broken down into something too fine for my leaf net to pick up. I have had some clumps of floating stuff popping up over the last few days that I've been netting off, any chance the algae had a suicide pact, all died together, clumped up and floated to the surface for me??

 

[Dirty Dawg]

Well congrats! Still waiting here. Pea Soup going-on a couple weeks since filling.

 

[tbendl]

5 weeks and 5 days... Be patient. LOL I was almost thinking I had done a bad bad thing and it was never going to clear.
It will happen DD!! I'm sending positive clear water thoughts your way.

 

[RobAmy]

Pea Soup going-on a couple weeks since filling

Be patient, still early on in the cycle.

 

[RobAmy]

Correct, no sish. Just plants. I scooped the bottom of the pond this morning and nothing came up but I will try a butterfly net and see if it's just broken down into something too fine for my leaf net to pick up. I have had some clumps of floating stuff popping up over the last few days that I've been netting off, any chance the algae had a suicide pact, all died together, clumped up and floated to the surface for me??

Congrats