BenignVanilla wrote:
"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
...

I have instructions for making a "foam fractionator" that I copied to my
hard drive and can send to you, if you'd like. It's on my growing list of
"My, wouldn't that be great to build one of these days?" things. It

appears

to be relatively simple to build: it's *hiding* the damn thing that may be
troublesome.

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My concern with the water changes, is that it violates the prime directive,
STOP MESSING WITH THE DAMN POND!!!. I figure if I am changing water on a
regular basis, I am more prone to have a problem. I dunno. Maybe it's my
newbie ignorance, but my guy tells me to leave it alone. And top off on a
regular basis


BV.



BV

when I had 150 fish in my pond i did water changes every week, now that
I only have 10 i still do them, its just one of those "maintenance"
things like cleaning pump intakes or filters.

the way I do it is when the evaporation has necisitated a top off then
I drain out another 500 gallons or so I figure that way I get more of
the disoved solids and other builtup whatevers per gallon, then refill
with the new water. this gives me roughly 1000 gal of new fresh water a
week good fr the fish and good for the plants
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John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

never miss a good oportunity to shut up

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com