Water still brown ?

one swipe of a net will tell you if the bottom is full of leaves.
if not, then you need some heavy duty filtering material, like polyester batting to
get the floating gunk out.
if you got leaves, then use PP to instantly detox the gases you stir up.
http://puregold.aquaria.net/pg/disea....htm#POTASSIUM
Ingrid

Any thoughts on how to clear the water up enough to see if there are
leaves that need to be cleaned out of the bottom?
Also, if there are
alot of leaves, what dangers are there in disturbing the bottom. I've
worried about that everytime I scoop stuff up and the water in the
pond gets really foul.


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Thanks Ingrid!

I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?

You mention 'when light pink turns yellow'. Are you referring to the
water in the pond or a rapidtest kind of thing?

Is it best to do this on a cloudy day or at the end of the day (eg,
avoid direct sunlight)?

Thanks,

Folk...

Thanks Ingrid!

I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?

You mention 'when light pink turns yellow'. Are you referring to the
water in the pond or a rapidtest kind of thing?

Is it best to do this on a cloudy day or at the end of the day (eg,
avoid direct sunlight)?

Thanks,

Folk...

I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?
Folk...

Regarding this pH of 9.... what kind of testor are you using and how old is
it? You might want to run a sample in to a "good" fish store and see what
they come up with. ~ jan
~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?
Folk...

Regarding this pH of 9.... what kind of testor are you using and how old is
it? You might want to run a sample in to a "good" fish store and see what
they come up with. ~ jan
~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

wowo... down to 7.5 or so would be good. water in teh pond turns to yellow. it
usually takes most of a day to clean out a pond. start early. this isnt treatment,
it is prevention. when you are done, dump in a pint of hydrogen peroxide to clear
the PP. Ingrid

Folklore wrote:

Thanks Ingrid!

I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?

You mention 'when light pink turns yellow'. Are you referring to the
water in the pond or a rapidtest kind of thing?

Is it best to do this on a cloudy day or at the end of the day (eg,
avoid direct sunlight)?

Thanks,

Folk...




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

wowo... down to 7.5 or so would be good. water in teh pond turns to yellow. it
usually takes most of a day to clean out a pond. start early. this isnt treatment,
it is prevention. when you are done, dump in a pint of hydrogen peroxide to clear
the PP. Ingrid

Folklore wrote:

Thanks Ingrid!

I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?

You mention 'when light pink turns yellow'. Are you referring to the
water in the pond or a rapidtest kind of thing?

Is it best to do this on a cloudy day or at the end of the day (eg,
avoid direct sunlight)?

Thanks,

Folk...




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

I just cleaned out tons of dead leaf matter from my pond with my hands--just
scooping the stuff off the bottom and chucking it over the edge of the pond
onto the lawn (temporarily!) I got tons out and ended up with much muddier
water from stirring everything up. I finally figured out that I needed to
re-clean the filter after having all this stuff released from the bottom,
and since then the water's getting clearer every day.
Kirsten
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
s.com...
I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?
Folk...

Regarding this pH of 9.... what kind of testor are you using and how old
is
it? You might want to run a sample in to a "good" fish store and see what
they come up with. ~ jan
~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

I just cleaned out tons of dead leaf matter from my pond with my hands--just
scooping the stuff off the bottom and chucking it over the edge of the pond
onto the lawn (temporarily!) I got tons out and ended up with much muddier
water from stirring everything up. I finally figured out that I needed to
re-clean the filter after having all this stuff released from the bottom,
and since then the water's getting clearer every day.
Kirsten
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
s.com...
I assume that my PH of 9 is too high for PP. Where do I need to get
it before using your suggestions?
Folk...

Regarding this pH of 9.... what kind of testor are you using and how old
is
it? You might want to run a sample in to a "good" fish store and see what
they come up with. ~ jan
~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)