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Yes, many, and they've multiplied, and just about taken over the world.
Please help I can’t see my fish
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This is a very interesting thread and I can relate to Vikki. Going through a similar issue with my pond. Water looked like her picture then it went to crystal clear for a week or two. It was amazing to see all the way to the bottom I f the pond. Be glad to answer any questions to get any advice.
I have been enjoying thus forum and very glad I stumbled on it. Attached are photos of my pond. It is about 11 years old. Gets cleaned yearly by Premier Ponds in MD. Really great bunch of people.Attachments
True and I apologize for possibly hijacking the thread. Just happens I was coming here to post exactly what the original poster asked about
hopefully no one will take my post as an imposition.So true. They usually do 50% water change and a cleaning of filters and the like. Test of the season it is me doing what needs doing. Worth every minute for sure
Was that’s supposed to be “why?” The original incarnation had a skimmer and no biofall. The skimmer supplies the original waterfall. Just a shallow weir and overflow. The fall was rebuilt as a bio fall and the skimmer was left in place. No reason to remove it. There is a pump in the pond that supplies the fall and an external pump that pulls water into the skimmer and also circulates water on the bottom levels of the pond. It is about 3 feet deep.
It sounds like you have some good bones to the pond circulation is a good thing. So you have the oxygenerator the water fall you have some bacteria growing i assume the bio falls have lava rock or pads. and the skimmer gets the heavy stuff from the surface. where is the fine filter ?
The falls have pads and bio balls on top of those. The skimmer has a fine pad in it and I also have some very fine felt like sheets that go from clean to full almost daily. I try to clean that sheet daily. I also have an iongen in the pond as well as an aquascape auto doser. Bacteria gets added on Sunday. The pond is approximately 3000 gallons Attached is a picture of my two largest fish
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.if you were to add up the cleaning every year . the ionge, the dosing . the time daily you clean the filter pads you could build a bog and improve the pond looks with bog plants and flowers. the bog will take care of the fine filter and for probably the cost of 1 years worth of what your doing now
I have no idea how to create a bog. Never researched it. Might have to look into it though. Any sites you can point me to with info?