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Hi from Myrtle Beach, SC! We recently purchased a home here that has a 2500 to 3,000 gallon koi pond that had about 13 fish. When we first saw the house the pond was in great shape, Clearwater beautiful fish, Etc. We bought the house last October but didn't actually move in until mid February because we were remodeling our previous residence which was three and a half hours away so we didn't get down here much to check on things. Everything still looked pretty good when we got here in February, the water was just a little cloudy so my husband figured it must be time to clean the filters, so he did. However, it was dark out still so he had a hard time being able to see what he was doing and made a couple of mistakes & we lost half of the water overnight. It was discovered the next morning by our oldest son because he was the only one here. When he called my husband he contacted the previous owner that told us to just use the hose and fill up the pond, not a word about removing the chlorine or anything! We lost four of the biggest fish before my son was able to get to the store and get some dechlorinator! He was heartbroken! After that we've had nothing but trouble with this pond! I didn't come down permanently until mid March and all I have done since then is work on clearing this pond of algae! I'm exhausted! I can't even get my house straightened up, do yard work or even enjoy the beach because all I do is deal with this pond!
We did hire someone to come in, drain & clean debris from the pond so we could start over. There were a lot of pine cones, leaves, pine needles & muck covering the bottom so we just assumed that once we got rid of all of the decaying organic matter we would see Clear water but less than 24 hours we were right back where we started!
We have 2 Sunsun CPF-250 UV-13 filters that are fed by a 6600 GPH pump that goes to a very nice waterfall & we also have a small Tetra waterfall bucket with a separate 1056GPH pump. We recently discovered that we were losing quite a bit of water from the pond relatively quickly because the tops of both of the Sunsun filters have multiple cracks. Costs of living being what they are these days, we would like to figure out a more cost-effective way to replace one of these filters but I'm having a hard time finding a replacement filter with UV light large enough to handle the 6600GPH pump that's not going to cost me over $1,000. I'm starting to think that this must be the reason why they had 2 filters instead of 1.
In the meantime, I have added Pond clarifier, water hyacinths which apparently the fish really like to eat because they just kept eating the roots until they clogged both of our pumps that had to be turned off and cleaned out several times a day this past week. I now have floating baskets for the plants and I have added a sludge Destroyer with barley straw powder in hopes of clearer water.
The lady who cleaned out our pond said she has rarely seen this happen before so, my questions for everyone is 1) Am I correct about the reason for 2 filters is because of the large pump? 2) Is it possible to use 1 filter with a 13W or 24W UV light with that pump or am I just wishful thinking? 3) Would we be better off buying a smaller pump and then sizing a single filter to fit that pump? It's going to be so expensive to replace both of those filters but I have to figure something out because I'm exhausted & frustrated!! My husband is an over the road truck driver. He works really hard for two weeks away from home so, when he gets home all I want is for him to be able to see a clear, clean pond so he can relax and enjoy the house & pond he's paid for! Can anyone help me figure this out? Thank you so much for your help.
We did hire someone to come in, drain & clean debris from the pond so we could start over. There were a lot of pine cones, leaves, pine needles & muck covering the bottom so we just assumed that once we got rid of all of the decaying organic matter we would see Clear water but less than 24 hours we were right back where we started!
We have 2 Sunsun CPF-250 UV-13 filters that are fed by a 6600 GPH pump that goes to a very nice waterfall & we also have a small Tetra waterfall bucket with a separate 1056GPH pump. We recently discovered that we were losing quite a bit of water from the pond relatively quickly because the tops of both of the Sunsun filters have multiple cracks. Costs of living being what they are these days, we would like to figure out a more cost-effective way to replace one of these filters but I'm having a hard time finding a replacement filter with UV light large enough to handle the 6600GPH pump that's not going to cost me over $1,000. I'm starting to think that this must be the reason why they had 2 filters instead of 1.
In the meantime, I have added Pond clarifier, water hyacinths which apparently the fish really like to eat because they just kept eating the roots until they clogged both of our pumps that had to be turned off and cleaned out several times a day this past week. I now have floating baskets for the plants and I have added a sludge Destroyer with barley straw powder in hopes of clearer water.
The lady who cleaned out our pond said she has rarely seen this happen before so, my questions for everyone is 1) Am I correct about the reason for 2 filters is because of the large pump? 2) Is it possible to use 1 filter with a 13W or 24W UV light with that pump or am I just wishful thinking? 3) Would we be better off buying a smaller pump and then sizing a single filter to fit that pump? It's going to be so expensive to replace both of those filters but I have to figure something out because I'm exhausted & frustrated!! My husband is an over the road truck driver. He works really hard for two weeks away from home so, when he gets home all I want is for him to be able to see a clear, clean pond so he can relax and enjoy the house & pond he's paid for! Can anyone help me figure this out? Thank you so much for your help.