New Pond - what now?

Crashj wrote:

On or about Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:18:32 GMT, "Newbie Bill"
wrote something like:

I would do a search for the Nitrogen Cycle, which essentially developing
adequate bacteria to rid your water of the ammonia the fish produce.

Some are squeamish about adding fish to provide waste products with
ammonia since the fish may die off, or worse, an undesirable
inexpensive fish may proliferate. It is simple enough to provide a
human based liquid source of ammonia. Beer helps.
"Honey, were out of 'pond helper', I'm going to the beer store."

I must be getting old. For a moment there, I really thought you were
advocating adding the beer _directly_ to the pond.
--
derek

1. clean liner, flush with water
2. fill pond, put in plants
2a. turn on aeration and filters and pumps, etc.
3. let pond come to normal temperature
4. wait until pond gets green and then clears
5. add fish
............ in cold areas this will be next spring. in the meantime, get the
quarantine area worked out.
Ingrid



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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:55:47 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:

I must be getting old. For a moment there, I really thought you were
advocating adding the beer _directly_ to the pond.

You must be, even I knew they wouldn't waste their beer without running it
thru the "proper" filter first. ;o) ~ jan


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1. clean liner, flush with water
2. fill pond, put in plants
2a. turn on aeration and filters and pumps, etc.
3. let pond come to normal temperature
4. wait until pond gets green and then clears
5. add fish
........... in cold areas this will be next spring. in the meantime, get
the
quarantine area worked out.

And for the love of god...don't put the beer IN the pond. Unless of course
you are placing the bottles there to keep it chilled.


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