i bought a house last fall with a fish pond of about 1000 gal. not sure of the size but it is oval 8X15 and has a waterfall about 50 feet away that looks like a 2 ft wide brook back to the pond. it was terribly neglected and i had not done a thing to it until this spring. (i live in NJ) and lost about a third of the fish (originally about 4 6inch and 100 3-4 inch goldfish).
just installed the pump, fished out leaves and used a algae bloom treatment twice. fish look much happier, water lilies are thriving, frogs awoke only to lay eggs and many polly wogs. frogs have left though.
i need to replace the skimmer basket but don't know who made the skimmer so would like help. also need to add bio filter and some other mechanical filter. water is getter cleaner by the day. electricity for pump could get pricey. it pulls 800 watts and i calculated it would cost $100/month. can i run it just 8 hours a day? another question i have. does the manmade brook work as a mechanical filter? it is quite long and has 4 drops (or mini waterfall) spots. i'm thinking this actually may work to filter out sediment.
hope this forum can help me out.
thanks,
just installed the pump, fished out leaves and used a algae bloom treatment twice. fish look much happier, water lilies are thriving, frogs awoke only to lay eggs and many polly wogs. frogs have left though.
i need to replace the skimmer basket but don't know who made the skimmer so would like help. also need to add bio filter and some other mechanical filter. water is getter cleaner by the day. electricity for pump could get pricey. it pulls 800 watts and i calculated it would cost $100/month. can i run it just 8 hours a day? another question i have. does the manmade brook work as a mechanical filter? it is quite long and has 4 drops (or mini waterfall) spots. i'm thinking this actually may work to filter out sediment.
hope this forum can help me out.
thanks,