Sweet Lew
Pond Noob
Hello All!
Well, the nights are starting to cool off in the Chicagoland area and after a fairly successful 1st season with my pond, I need to know when to shut it down for the winter..
I have a 420 gal pond with lillies and some algae. Nothing else. The days are still in the low 70s to low 80s, but the nights are dropping between high 50s and low 60s. When do I need to pull the pump out and drain\clean it? Also is there anything else I need to do? Remove as much algae as possible? Drain some of the water? I'm leaving the lillies in since they have never been removed (found them under a pile of mucky muck this Spring and they still survived).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Lew
Well, the nights are starting to cool off in the Chicagoland area and after a fairly successful 1st season with my pond, I need to know when to shut it down for the winter..
I have a 420 gal pond with lillies and some algae. Nothing else. The days are still in the low 70s to low 80s, but the nights are dropping between high 50s and low 60s. When do I need to pull the pump out and drain\clean it? Also is there anything else I need to do? Remove as much algae as possible? Drain some of the water? I'm leaving the lillies in since they have never been removed (found them under a pile of mucky muck this Spring and they still survived).
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Lew