Bronze color

[Jeanne]

Hi Guys.....

Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise very
clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness
which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on order
which I hope might help....

Thanks for any suggestion.....
Cheers,
Bruce

[Chagoi]

Jeanne wrote:

> Hi Guys.....
>
> Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise very
> clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness
> which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on order
> which I hope might help....
>
> Thanks for any suggestion.....
> Cheers,
> Bruce

Hi Bruce

the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay)
should HELP
clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it.

I put a few newly potted cattails in my 600 gal pond (temporary, been
too wet to dig
new 13,000 gal), their pots fell over in a storm and released a lot of
clay into the pond.
I mixed a batch of Terrapond @ 2X the recommended dosage and in just 6
hours it
started to clear up enough that I could see about 2-3" into the pond.

The next day I dosed the pond again, the third day the pond was clear
except for a
slight "bronze color" I stirred up the bottom several times and let the
"Vortex"
part of the filter settle out the clay. Then emptied the silt out of the
vortex.
I waited a week (with "bronze water" and then used the normal dosage, my
water
has been "Gin Clear" (ref. ponder BV)

(the extra dosage will not hurt, I have started to take a teaspoon of
the clay
2X a week my self mixed in a glass of chocolate milk) My fish like it,
I mix a
maintainance dose 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of pond water as a treat once
every week or two.

Check out the explainations under "HOW IT WORKS" on the following pages:

http://www.pondpetsusa.com/koiclay.htm (very basic explaination)

http://www.pondpetsusa.com/terrapond.htm (more detailed explaination)


Chagoi

[IAN GARDNER]

"Chagoi" > wrote in message
...
> Jeanne wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys.....
> >
> > Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise
very
> > clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness
> > which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on
order
> > which I hope might help....
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestion.....
> > Cheers,
> > Bruce
>
> Hi Bruce
>
> the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay)
> should HELP
> clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it.
>
> I put a few newly potted cattails in my 600 gal pond (temporary, been
> too wet to dig
> new 13,000 gal), their pots fell over in a storm and released a lot of
> clay into the pond.
> I mixed a batch of Terrapond @ 2X the recommended dosage and in just 6
> hours it
> started to clear up enough that I could see about 2-3" into the pond.
>
> The next day I dosed the pond again, the third day the pond was clear
> except for a
> slight "bronze color" I stirred up the bottom several times and let the
> "Vortex"
> part of the filter settle out the clay. Then emptied the silt out of the
> vortex.
> I waited a week (with "bronze water" and then used the normal dosage, my
> water
> has been "Gin Clear" (ref. ponder BV)
>
> (the extra dosage will not hurt, I have started to take a teaspoon of
> the clay
> 2X a week my self mixed in a glass of chocolate milk) My fish like it,
> I mix a
> maintainance dose 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of pond water as a treat once
> every week or two.

This will work but you also need to eliminate the cause. The cause should be
alot of leaves falling in the water and decaying and staining the water.
This will also make the water a bit acidic and have a low oxyegen content.

--
IAN. P. GARDNER
ISLE OF WIGHT
www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk

[Bruce]

Many thanks Chagoi.....

> Hi Bruce
>
> the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay)
> should HELP
> clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it.
>

[Bruce]

Thanks Ian...
You are right about the leaves - oaks everywhere around the pond. Didn't
know leaves caused the color. Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I
will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a
bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that one.....



"IAN GARDNER" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Chagoi" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jeanne wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Guys.....
> > >
> > > Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise
> very
> > > clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of
hardness
> > > which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on
> order
> > > which I hope might help....
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestion.....
> > > Cheers,
> > > Bruce
> >
> > Hi Bruce
> >
> > the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay)
> > should HELP
> > clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve
it.
> >
> > I put a few newly potted cattails in my 600 gal pond (temporary, been
> > too wet to dig
> > new 13,000 gal), their pots fell over in a storm and released a lot of
> > clay into the pond.
> > I mixed a batch of Terrapond @ 2X the recommended dosage and in just 6
> > hours it
> > started to clear up enough that I could see about 2-3" into the pond.
> >
> > The next day I dosed the pond again, the third day the pond was clear
> > except for a
> > slight "bronze color" I stirred up the bottom several times and let the
> > "Vortex"
> > part of the filter settle out the clay. Then emptied the silt out of the
> > vortex.
> > I waited a week (with "bronze water" and then used the normal dosage, my
> > water
> > has been "Gin Clear" (ref. ponder BV)
> >
> > (the extra dosage will not hurt, I have started to take a teaspoon of
> > the clay
> > 2X a week my self mixed in a glass of chocolate milk) My fish like it,
> > I mix a
> > maintainance dose 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of pond water as a treat once
> > every week or two.
>
> This will work but you also need to eliminate the cause. The cause should
be
> alot of leaves falling in the water and decaying and staining the water.
> This will also make the water a bit acidic and have a low oxyegen content.
>
> --
> IAN. P. GARDNER
> ISLE OF WIGHT
> www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk
>
>
>

[IAN GARDNER]

www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk
"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
>
> Thanks Ian...
> You are right about the leaves - oaks everywhere around the pond. Didn't
> know leaves caused the color. Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I
> will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a
> bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that
one.....

My pond is dug right under an Oak tree! It`s the only place I could put it!
Oak leaves do stain the water. A net will stop it but it looks ugly.

--
IAN. P. GARDNER
ISLE OF WIGHT