is a little color in the water normal?

[Steve knight]

my little pond has tons of plants and oxegenators and good filtration and not too high of nitrates even the string algae in the mini bog vanished. but my water has a little color to it. I even had the uv on and it has not changed. just wondering.

 

[fishin4cars]

That water color looks pretty darn good, It will probably get browner as time goes by due to plants decaying and breaking down, It's normal and to be expected. I wish the color of my water was closer to the color yours is.

 

[taherrmann4]

I agree your water does not look that bad at all. Mine is probably pretty close to that and I have pretty clear water, can see all the way to the bottom no problem.

 

[Steve knight]

with such a small pond not much stays on the bottom but it sure seems to oxegenators are the worst about the mess.

 

[fishin4cars]

My biggest problems come from water lily blooms, with the wire covers on for bird protection I can get in there and cut back the spent blooms like in years past.

 

[Steve knight]

maybe my little clams help out?

 

[sully]

It's basically tea. Normal, but hard to remove short of carbon filtration.

 

[addy1]

glad your string algae poofed steve! water not bad looking

 

[taherrmann4]

Steve you have clams in your pond? Was always told you needed sand or earth at the bottom of the pond for them to live in.

 

[taherrmann4]

Steve this is what my pond water looks like. The seeds are my lotus seeds that I started yesterday afternoon, soaking them in pond water.

 

[Steve knight]

Steve you have clams in your pond? Was always told you needed sand or earth at the bottom of the pond for them to live in.

yep I lined a small pot with liner put soem white sand in it and set them on it. they burrow right in. don't see them poke up often. I had three mussels too one died over the winter they pop up from time to time.

 

[taherrmann4]

yep I lined a small pot with liner put soem white sand in it and set them on it. they burrow right in. don't see them poke up often. I had three mussels too one died over the winter they pop up from time to time.

How big is the pot you have them in?

 

[Steve knight]

How big is the pot you have them in?

a 6" pot I think one of those square slotted ones.

 

[taherrmann4]

I wonder if you could get mussels from a lake and put them in a pot like that? The only concern would be bringing something bad along with the mussel and introducing it to your pond. The mussels by one of the lakes I kayak at are about 4-5" big. How big are your clams and where did you get them?

 

[Steve knight]

I got little golden clams off of ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/FRESHWATER-GOLD...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cb90087b1#ht_5737wt_1141