what do you know about creating a plant filter?..
im going to go take some pictures of my pond now and put them online and
maybe anyone who has ideas for me could let me know!!
thanx!!
"Ka30P" > wrote in message
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> Destroyallx wrote >> i heard that i should fill my filter container with
small
> pebbles,
> rocks, pea gravel etc. and have it surrounded by a filter material.. would
> this help?
> im really sick of looking a green pond!<<
>
> No, don't fill the filter box with rocks - is way too hard to clean!
Unless you
> want to combine ponding with a weight lifting program...
> A good light weight alternative is black vinyl screening available at the
> hardware store. Sew bags out of it and stuff them full of the screening.
> This will act as a mechanical filter (catch gunk)
> and a biological filter (convert fishy ammonia).
> Best green water filter is a plant filter. Watch for BV, Bonnies and
Ingrid
> Solo's posts and check their websites.
> (Someday I'm going to add those sites to my green water tips...)
>
> For green water study the below posted green water tips (quizzes are given
> every third Monday ;-)
>
>
> Algae fighting tips
> ~ Nutrients for all forms of algae are sun, new water, fish waste,
fertilized
> run off, rotting plants, blown in dirt.
> ~ New ponds and spring ponds need time for plants to get established,
algae is
> quicker at getting going.
> ~ add plants, of any kind, in the pond. Especially underwater plants.
> ~ Shade is good - provided by lily pads, floating plants or artificial
shade
> for part of the day.
> ~ LOW fish stocking (20 gallons per goldfish, 100 per koi after starting
with
> 1,000 gallons) and *not* overfeeding the fish. Too many fish and too much
> feeding is probably responsible for most pea soup water, followed closely
by
> too much decaying plant matter, sludge and overall gunk in the water
> ~ adding a combination mechanical and biological filter to screen gunk and
> convert fishy ammonia waste for fish health.
> ~ build a veggie filter, to run water through plants, as easy as floating
water
> hyacinth in your filter.
> ~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves
> in the fall. Clean out the pond once a year.
> ~ water movement, occasional water changes of 10%
> ~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria.
> many rec.ponders use http://www.united-tech.com/m-aq4u-toc.html
> ~ Check your pH, too high, over 8.8, or too low, under 6.4, and most
higher
> plant forms can't take up the nutrients.
> ~ building ponds with bottom drains and skimmers.
> ~ do not use algaecides, they only make lots of suddenly dead algae
> and that will feed the next algae bloom.
> ~ do not worry about algae that grows on things (substrate algae) this is
good
> for a pond
> ~ gently remove string algae
> ~ UV lights work on suspended algae (green water) - does cost some $$.
> ~ patience and time ;-)
>
>
> kathy :-)
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