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Message: [QUOTE="LuLu, post: 76085, member: 3481"] Fishin... When I started the pond, the water temps were in the 50's. All I did was dechlorinate and let it run. I didn't start adding the Fritz-Zyme until the water temps rose above 60. I should be getting good flow through the media because when I opened the filter box to rinse the foam pads (in pond water) on Saturday while cleaning up algae, below the pads, in the media... there was also algae. After rinsing the pads, I put them back without disturbing the current media that was underneath, other than adding rinsed (in pond water) ceramic media. I originally had lettuce in the very beginning, but I think it was too cold, they slowly died and ended up in my compost pile. I was going to try again with lettuce and hyacinth anyway, looks like now is the time! ;) I'll also look into getting an airstone. The rocks are definitely clean, I'll smooth them back out. There's only enough to cover the bottom. My tap water only contains 0.5 ammonia, tested this last month. I have some water garden planting media, due to having a mini water lily in a tub on the deck. It's supposed to have Microbe Lift in it. Could I pot the plants in that? Or should I stick with pea gravel? There's currently nothing around the roots of the current plants, they're just weighted on the bottom. I already have a small taro planted nearby I could uproot and repot into the pond if needed. Plants, plants, plants... especially lettuce... got it. Once the levels drop sufficiently, I'll re-add the fish. I don't feed them much anyway, so they'll definitely be ok with every other day. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE ADVICE!! I'll keep ya posted. Happy ponding, ~Lu [/QUOTE]

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