Martin Harran;729400 Wrote:
Have my pond eight years, gradually built up to 24 fish - including 6 of

original fish I put in when I first built it - and a !*#$ing Heron
cleaned
it out last week

Anyway, I've had a problem with murky water last few years, all tests
showing it ok* and no problem with sick or dying fish, I've put it down
to a
probable combination of the pond getting too much sun and too few
plants
for the number of fish.

I put in some extra plants last year and I'm wondering if I should now
leave
the pond for a year with no fish to get rid of the murkiness in the
water.
Any opinions on this?

(*I have a UV filtering system and there's a waterfall in the pond
which
obviously helps the oxygenation)


Without fish rummaging around, stirring up anything that fits into
their mouths, ponds with 60% plant coverage usually stabilise to gin
clear water conditions after a few weeks

Regards, andy
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