Need some advice concering my pond

[zigi11]

I have a pond in my small garden, in Tel-Aviv Israel. For the last 10
years I didn't use any filter, pump or food, the fish looked very happy
and there where no deaths or illnesses, mother earth took care of the
pond.

recently I decided I want clear water so I can see the fish, so I added
a bio filter with a pump (4000 L/h 1000 G/h), built a waterfall & added
some plants, the pond holds 2500 Liters(660 Gallons), it's 6 hours in
the sun, the water temperature is 25C (75F), and the PH level is 7.4

so now you have the background and you have an image attached, I have
two questions :

1. I brought a beautiful hardy water Lilly (Nymphaea 'Marliacea
Albida') that we're blooming in the shop and had another bloom on the
way, I put the plant in the water (60cm deep-like in the shop), the
flower bloomed for 3 days and then never opened again and went back
into the water, the other closed bloom, that were on the way, got
detached from the mother plant after a few days. is it natural ?
adjusting to the new environment ? Will it bloom again this year?
2. the water looked clear and beautiful for a week and then became
green-brown including the waterfall stones, the fish still look happy
and energetic and the plants green and fresh, will the water become
clear again after the pond will balance it-self

Thanks


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zigi11

[Pat]

"zigi11" > wrote in message
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> I have a pond in my small garden, in Tel-Aviv Israel. For the last 10
> years I didn't use any filter, pump or food, the fish looked very happy
> and there where no deaths or illnesses, mother earth took care of the
> pond.
>
> recently I decided I want clear water so I can see the fish, so I added
> a bio filter with a pump (4000 L/h 1000 G/h), built a waterfall & added
> some plants, the pond holds 2500 Liters(660 Gallons), it's 6 hours in
> the sun, the water temperature is 25C (75F), and the PH level is 7.4
>
> so now you have the background and you have an image attached, I have
> two questions :
>
> 1. I brought a beautiful hardy water Lilly (Nymphaea 'Marliacea
> Albida') that we're blooming in the shop and had another bloom on the
> way, I put the plant in the water (60cm deep-like in the shop), the
> flower bloomed for 3 days and then never opened again and went back
> into the water, the other closed bloom, that were on the way, got
> detached from the mother plant after a few days. is it natural ?

Blooms last only a few days and then die.

> adjusting to the new environment ? Will it bloom again this year?
> 2. the water looked clear and beautiful for a week and then became
> green-brown including the waterfall stones,

Fish like to root in the dirt.

the fish still look happy
> and energetic and the plants green and fresh, will the water become
> clear again after the pond will balance it-self
>
> Thanks
>
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[~ janj]

>1. I brought a beautiful hardy water Lilly (Nymphaea 'Marliacea
>Albida') that we're blooming in the shop and had another bloom on the
>way, I put the plant in the water (60cm deep-like in the shop), the
>flower bloomed for 3 days and then never opened again and went back
>into the water, the other closed bloom, that were on the way, got
>detached from the mother plant after a few days. is it natural ?

Yes, lilies only bloom for 3 days, maybe 4 if the weather is cool. At which
time one should pinch it off at the base.

>adjusting to the new environment ? Will it bloom again this year?

As far as the other buds, I assume they got damaged in transplanting, but
it will get more buds. Just keep the old ones pinched off and feed the
plant with lily tabs or equivalent.

>2. the water looked clear and beautiful for a week and then became
>green-brown including the waterfall stones, the fish still look happy
>and energetic and the plants green and fresh, will the water become
>clear again after the pond will balance it-self

Yes. Testing for ammonia, nitrite, pH & KH would give me more of a clue how
far you are into the balance act. Also, DO NOT START OVER with new water.
It is okay to do frequent partial water changes. ~ jan
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