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After spending last summer and most of the fall in FL I returned home to find
my pond full of leaves and quite a few fish missing. Seems my daughter "forgot" the water was on (for 3 days) and I lost most of my older fish to I'm sure chlorine. This spring I got out the net and scooped out as much leaf debris as I could drained 50 percent of the water and refilled and turned the woefully inadequate pumps on (leftover from much smaller pond in Houston). It was very cool here until almost July so the plants got a slow start and another trip to FL didn't help and the pond once again sat unattended. When I returned home, I bot a 3600gph pump and altered the biofilter/falls/veggie filter to accomodate the larger pump. While doing this we cleaned out the 110 gallon stocktank - what a stink! Everything looked like it might be OK, when the waterfall flow slowed way down and a check on the pump showed the impeller broke loose and busted the cover. Under warranty I called and they were going to send new parts ASAP. Well guess who's pump parts were 'somewhere' during the power failure. Took over a week to receive my next day air package LOL. Everythings up and running again, but the pond smells awful and is very green. I want to drain and clean it, but being so late in the season, I'm not sure that's such a good idea. The hose water is very very cold and although it currently is a balmy 80 degrees, tomorrow it could be 50. The fish are all healthy and eating well and looking good, plants are doing fine and blooming and my only fish loss was due to a flower pod caught in the mouth/throat. What do ya'll think, should I drain and clean it now or wait until spring? gal = 4000 Ph = 8.4 ammonia = 0 nitrites = 0 KH 179.6 about 40 percent plant coverage in full sun fish 30 or so golfish 2 koi (currently among the missing) I've also updated my website with pictures of the relandscaping of the yard on the page pond progress. Lots of pictures so it may be slow loading. TIA Karen Zone 5 Ashland, OH http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html My Art Studio at http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html for email remove the extra extention |
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