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I have had my bond for twenty years, about 8 years the waterfall started leaking the fish had dies out and has just sat.
This summer I drained it as far as I could siphon ~4" and scrapped as much muck and dead leaves out as possible. I filled it up with city water and after two weeks added a few small goldfish. My lilies are going strong and I have lots of iris. The pond started to great up and so I got the uv stearlizer working again with a fresh bulb and the water started clearing up.
About two weeks ago I started getting a very fine green floating substance, tiny like flour on the surface. My skimmer removes duck weed but this stuff just spreads out evenly and defies skimming. Hit it with a hose and it disappears but comes right back. Any idea what it is? My thought was dead algae from the uv. I have never had this in the past, just green water or string. I live in western WA, cool weather and the pond is mostly shaded maybe getting 3 hours of partial sun.
I no longer have the waterfall so my aeration is much decreased but I am circulating at the same rate about 500 gph with a 750 mag pump.
This summer I drained it as far as I could siphon ~4" and scrapped as much muck and dead leaves out as possible. I filled it up with city water and after two weeks added a few small goldfish. My lilies are going strong and I have lots of iris. The pond started to great up and so I got the uv stearlizer working again with a fresh bulb and the water started clearing up.
About two weeks ago I started getting a very fine green floating substance, tiny like flour on the surface. My skimmer removes duck weed but this stuff just spreads out evenly and defies skimming. Hit it with a hose and it disappears but comes right back. Any idea what it is? My thought was dead algae from the uv. I have never had this in the past, just green water or string. I live in western WA, cool weather and the pond is mostly shaded maybe getting 3 hours of partial sun.
I no longer have the waterfall so my aeration is much decreased but I am circulating at the same rate about 500 gph with a 750 mag pump.