Floating Stuff

I have a problem this year with my three year old pond. I have very fine
floating particles of stuff that doesnt get caught by my biofalls pads. If I
turn off the pump it will settle to the bottom but when I try to vac up, it
is so fine it stirs up too quick to get it sucked up. Can anyone think of
something I could run seperate from my normal pump/waterfall set up to help
filter this out.?

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Thanks,
Ted and Lisa Dziedzic
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How big and/or what kind of fish do you have? Since my koi have gotten
bigger they sweep all the fine stuff to the bottom drain. ~ jan

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:55:51 GMT, "Our Family" wrote:

I have a problem this year with my three year old pond. I have very fine
floating particles of stuff that doesnt get caught by my biofalls pads. If I
turn off the pump it will settle to the bottom but when I try to vac up, it
is so fine it stirs up too quick to get it sucked up. Can anyone think of
something I could run seperate from my normal pump/waterfall set up to help
filter this out.?

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

"Our Family" wrote in message
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I have a problem this year with my three year old pond. I have very fine
floating particles of stuff that doesnt get caught by my biofalls pads. If
I
turn off the pump it will settle to the bottom but when I try to vac up,
it
is so fine it stirs up too quick to get it sucked up. Can anyone think of
something I could run seperate from my normal pump/waterfall set up to
help
filter this out.?
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I have the same problem and gave my pond vac away. It was useless - as you
say the fine particles go into suspension before you can get them and any
gravel spilled from a plant pot would jam the *&%$ thing.
I now use a Tetra finer foam pad in my filters for a few days (over the
regular filter material), including polyester quilt bating. These will get
much of the free floating particles in a few days. Watch them as they clog
quickly and need rinsing out. I don't have bottom drains in my ponds.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

in my new filter setup, anything floating in the water sinks to the
bottom of my 40g tub. once it's at the bottom, i simply drain it. this
was a major problem for me but i'm getting it under control now. all it
needs is somewhere it can settle and then you can remove it.

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in my new filter setup, anything floating in the water sinks to the
bottom of my 40g tub. once it's at the bottom, i simply drain it.

## Yes, that's what I do as well. The "sludge" is drained into a tub and
used to water the garden.

this
was a major problem for me but i'm getting it under control now. all it
needs is somewhere it can settle and then you can remove it.

## I have the settling tank packed with blue pickerel weed and parrots
feather to help filter the water as it's passing through. :-)
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o