How Clean is Clean?

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
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That's obvious, but what about in regards to my pond cleaning?

Harmless Vanilla
As with all things aquatic.....YMMV
I don't even have a pond yet, I'm hanging out here just to learn the lingo
so to speak (and of course i find you all mighty entertaining to say the
least. Doing all my homework before the big plunge.
As far as cleaning goes I think I'm with you on this, a little coating of
algae on the pond liner is a sure sign that the eco system is working, and
besides there are critters that feed on it. I suppose one could be
completely anal about the whole situation to the extent of vacuuming and
removing leaves everyday...NOT. At the end of the day if its pleasing to
YOUR eye then so be it, as long as the water quality is good and clear.
Its
all relative JA? Ok, now back to being bonkers

Zactly. I like the slightly lived in look of my pond. Now if I had a formal
pond, which I'd love to have some day...That I'd keep clean. Hmm...a formal
pond leading up to the walk of the house...Ooohh....

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BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

wrote in message
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densely growing plants on teh bottom can accumulate a lot of mulm that
could
potentially be a problem. best is to check for how dirty it is down there
in warm
weather when walking in the pond and plan a cleaning then. Ingrid
snip

I am hoping that once my diffuser is in place on the BD, that the mulm will
be kept to a minimum. What do you think?

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

wrote in message
...
densely growing plants on teh bottom can accumulate a lot of mulm that
could
potentially be a problem. best is to check for how dirty it is down there
in warm
weather when walking in the pond and plan a cleaning then. Ingrid
snip

I am hoping that once my diffuser is in place on the BD, that the mulm will
be kept to a minimum. What do you think?

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

after 4 years I can still see a water lily label on the bottom of my 4' deep pond
that has the veggie filter. I dont add anything to break stuff down, but the big
difference is the net over the pond all the time AND there are no trees close enough
to dump leaves into our back yard and pond. in fall when I clean the veggie filter,
there is a 2-3 inch deep layer of muck I clean out. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:


wrote in message
...
densely growing plants on teh bottom can accumulate a lot of mulm that
could
potentially be a problem. best is to check for how dirty it is down there
in warm
weather when walking in the pond and plan a cleaning then. Ingrid
snip

I am hoping that once my diffuser is in place on the BD, that the mulm will
be kept to a minimum. What do you think?



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after 4 years I can still see a water lily label on the bottom of my 4' deep pond
that has the veggie filter. I dont add anything to break stuff down, but the big
difference is the net over the pond all the time AND there are no trees close enough
to dump leaves into our back yard and pond. in fall when I clean the veggie filter,
there is a 2-3 inch deep layer of muck I clean out. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:


wrote in message
...
densely growing plants on teh bottom can accumulate a lot of mulm that
could
potentially be a problem. best is to check for how dirty it is down there
in warm
weather when walking in the pond and plan a cleaning then. Ingrid
snip

I am hoping that once my diffuser is in place on the BD, that the mulm will
be kept to a minimum. What do you think?



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.