Re: Advice sought from Pond People

[Strawberry]

On the Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:24:43 GMT, SjT uttered forth the following...
> And how to stop the lining from creasing? (Does this affect the amount
> of blanket weed if more creases are evident?)
>
Buy some Barley straw from your local aquatic centre and chuck a bag
into your pond. The water won't go green and it kills off the blanket
weed. As the straw rots it gives off bacteria that eat the blanket weed
etc. :)

[BenignVanilla]

"SjT" > wrote in message
...
> Baron Von Strawberry > sayed:
>
> >Buy some Barley straw from your local aquatic centre and chuck a bag
> >into your pond. The water won't go green and it kills off the blanket
> >weed. As the straw rots it gives off bacteria that eat the blanket weed
> >etc. :)

I don't know about it "giving off bacteria", but barley straw is often used
to compete with algae and clarify pond water.

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[Kullrad]

"Moog" > wrote in
:


>> > As for the bacteria bit ? I think the poster is a little confused -
>> > decaying organic material doesn't 'give off' bacteria - it is the
>> > action of bacteria already in the water that break the organic
>> > matter down into ammonia, this is further broken down by
>> > oxidisation to Nitrates and Nitrites. Certain levels of these are
>> > essential for a healthy pond, ammonia and nitrates provide food for
>> > aquatic plants - very high nitrates however will lead to very poor
>> > water quality and ultimately kill the pond. This is why you should
>> > prevent an over-accumulation of decaying leaves, fish **** and frog
>> > **** on the bottom of your pond - the smell of that black sludge
>> > from the depths of the pond is also equisitely disgusting.
>>
>> Whoo hoo! Who gives a ****.
>> Just fill it full on concrete and be done with it.
>> ****s.
>
> Put a ****ing Swing on it. It's better than a bit of water that cats
> **** in.

My cats would **** in it TBH.

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[Moog]

"Kullrad" garbled some drivel on 03/04/2004:

> "Moog" > wrote in
> :
>
>
> >> > As for the bacteria bit ? I think the poster is a little
> confused - >> > decaying organic material doesn't 'give off' bacteria
> - it is the >> > action of bacteria already in the water that break
> the organic >> > matter down into ammonia, this is further broken
> down by >> > oxidisation to Nitrates and Nitrites. Certain levels of
> these are >> > essential for a healthy pond, ammonia and nitrates
> provide food for >> > aquatic plants - very high nitrates however
> will lead to very poor >> > water quality and ultimately kill the
> pond. This is why you should >> > prevent an over-accumulation of
> decaying leaves, fish **** and frog >> > **** on the bottom of your
> pond - the smell of that black sludge >> > from the depths of the
> pond is also equisitely disgusting. >>
> >> Whoo hoo! Who gives a ****.
> >> Just fill it full on concrete and be done with it.
> >> ****s.
> >
> > Put a ****ing Swing on it. It's better than a bit of water that cats
> > **** in.
>
> My cats would **** in it TBH.

You feed them too much.

Maybe you should build a pond and hope they fall in and drown.

Use some stakes and liners though....you know the script.

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Moog

[Kullrad]

"Moog" > wrote in news:xn0dgkkwyayxy9019
@news.individual.net:

>> >> > As for the bacteria bit ? I think the poster is a little
>> confused - >> > decaying organic material doesn't 'give off' bacteria
>> - it is the >> > action of bacteria already in the water that break
>> the organic >> > matter down into ammonia, this is further broken
>> down by >> > oxidisation to Nitrates and Nitrites. Certain levels of
>> these are >> > essential for a healthy pond, ammonia and nitrates
>> provide food for >> > aquatic plants - very high nitrates however
>> will lead to very poor >> > water quality and ultimately kill the
>> pond. This is why you should >> > prevent an over-accumulation of
>> decaying leaves, fish **** and frog >> > **** on the bottom of your
>> pond - the smell of that black sludge >> > from the depths of the
>> pond is also equisitely disgusting. >>
>> >> Whoo hoo! Who gives a ****.
>> >> Just fill it full on concrete and be done with it.
>> >> ****s.
>> >
>> > Put a ****ing Swing on it. It's better than a bit of water that cats
>> > **** in.
>>
>> My cats would **** in it TBH.
>
> You feed them too much.
>
> Maybe you should build a pond and hope they fall in and drown.

I don't want my cats to drown, you insensitive ****. I love my cats.

> Use some stakes and liners though....you know the script.

Errrr can you read back the first line. I seem to have forgoten it.

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