Return to the Pond ...

"Zookeeper" wrote in message
...
BenignVanilla wrote:
Zk...welcome back. The holidays are over so we can all focus on getting
our
ponds ready for spring right? LOL.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Thanks BV. With two inches of powder snow on the ground (on top of 1-3
inches of icy snow left over from New Year's Day), and 2/3 of pond
covered in a thin layer of ice and snow, this is a good time to focus on
getting our ponds ready for spring. Actually, I think the "getting
ready" and planning starts as soon as we stop feeding the fish and get
the pond ready for winter. LOL. Gotta have something to do while my toes
are freezing.

I have plenty to do. I never did install my diffuser last year, so I need to
do that this spring. I have a ton of leaves in there, so I'll have that to
contend with. My biggest problem is the leak in the stream. It forces me to
do water changes, but I don't like being forced to do anything.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

And so it continues, the pond work is never done, especially when we
have to remodel, or enlarge, or add streams, or ... Sorry you're still
dealing with the leak. Have you tried the milk trick yet? or does that
only work in still water? Well, someone will pipe up with an answer or
two I'm sure.
--
Zk

BenignVanilla wrote:

I have plenty to do. I never did install my diffuser last year, so I need to
do that this spring. I have a ton of leaves in there, so I'll have that to
contend with. My biggest problem is the leak in the stream. It forces me to
do water changes, but I don't like being forced to do anything.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Zookeeper" wrote in message
...
And so it continues, the pond work is never done, especially when we
have to remodel, or enlarge, or add streams, or ... Sorry you're still
dealing with the leak. Have you tried the milk trick yet? or does that
only work in still water? Well, someone will pipe up with an answer or
two I'm sure.
snip

My problems grew on me...

....VF was too low so it didn't fill
....lowered plumbing, got water in VF, VF liner shows a lot
....built wall across VF, pump water up...now most of liner is hidden
....VF over flows
....wife says, 'just make a stream'
....make stream
....stream leaks about 3 inches of water a week
....patch where i think it leaks
....leak slows, but doesn't stop
....winter comes, pumps off, leak stops
....damn stream (in the biblical sense, not in the beaver sense)

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

BenignVanilla wrote:

My problems grew on me...

Don't they always ;-)

....VF was too low so it didn't fill
....lowered plumbing, got water in VF, VF liner shows a lot
....built wall across VF, pump water up...now most of liner is hidden
....VF over flows
....wife says, 'just make a stream'
....make stream
....stream leaks about 3 inches of water a week
....patch where i think it leaks
....leak slows, but doesn't stop
....winter comes, pumps off, leak stops
....damn stream (in the biblical sense, not in the beaver sense)

Yep, it's called the "fix one problem, create ten" syndrome, and it
especially applies to ponding.
--
Zk