anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year

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"Jim Fellows" wrote in message
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anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year
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Give it a chance. My smaller pond was the pits after refilling it this
spring. It turned a murky brownish green. We hooked up a UV light to clear
off the algae. I also added more pond plants and some POTASH! In a week
you could see the difference. The water lilies, set at the south side of
the pond are helping shade the water.

The larger 2000g pond was so green about all you could see were fish lips.
I added a 1/2 cup of potash to the plants along the two sides and that pond
is now crystal clear - no need for us to hook up the UV light for it now.
Potash (potassium) seems to be missing in many ponds. For the plants to
utilize the nutrients in the water and starve the algae they need this
element.
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On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:58:26 GMT, "Jim Fellows" wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year

Below are some tips by a fellow ponder of mine. I'd like to know what your
water parameters are currently: Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, KH, NitrAte, if you
can test for those? How big is the pond and how many fish? Type & sizes?
~ jan

Algae fighting tips

~ New ponds and spring ponds need time for plants to get established, algae
is quicker at getting going!
~ add LOTS of plants, of any kind, in the pond. Especially underwater
plants.
~ Shade is good - provided by lily pads, floating plants or artificial
shade for part of the day.
~ LOW fish stocking (20 gallons per goldfish, 100 per koi) and not
overfeeding the fish.
~ building a mechanical filter to screen gunk.
~ build a veggie filter, run water through plants, as easy as floating
water hyacinth in your filter.
~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves
in the fall.
~ water movement, water changes of 10%/week
~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria.
I use A HREF="http://united-tech.com"http://united-tech.com/A
~ building ponds with bottom drains and skimmers.
~ do not use algaecides, they only make lots of suddenly dead algae
and that will feed the next algae bloom.
~ gently remove string algae
~ patience ;-)

-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Easier to:
Fill in hole in the gorund thats called a pond. Plant grass, or lay
pavers down.,,,,,buy and install a hot tub. Kick back and enjoy a cold
one in the hot tub and let someone else fool with the ponds and all
their associated work........



On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:43:40 -0700, ~ janj
wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:58:26 GMT, "Jim Fellows" wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year

Below are some tips by a fellow ponder of mine. I'd like to know what your
water parameters are currently: Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, KH, NitrAte, if you
can test for those? How big is the pond and how many fish? Type & sizes?
~ jan

Algae fighting tips

~ New ponds and spring ponds need time for plants to get established, algae
is quicker at getting going!
~ add LOTS of plants, of any kind, in the pond. Especially underwater
plants.
~ Shade is good - provided by lily pads, floating plants or artificial
shade for part of the day.
~ LOW fish stocking (20 gallons per goldfish, 100 per koi) and not
overfeeding the fish.
~ building a mechanical filter to screen gunk.
~ build a veggie filter, run water through plants, as easy as floating
water hyacinth in your filter.
~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves
in the fall.
~ water movement, water changes of 10%/week
~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria.
I use A HREF="http://united-tech.com"http://united-tech.com/A
~ building ponds with bottom drains and skimmers.
~ do not use algaecides, they only make lots of suddenly dead algae
and that will feed the next algae bloom.
~ gently remove string algae
~ patience ;-)

-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:43:40 -0700, ~ janj
wrote:
snip
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Yep, its listed right on that label on the bottle of water named
Cherokee Bottled Spring Water..........

In article . net, Jim
Fellows wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year

What is the make of the UV, did you clean the quartz sleeve ?

jay
Sun Jun 04, 2006

UV's are a pityfull way of maintaining water quality. Its expensive to
replace that bulb every year as needed, so a good mechanical filter is
a better investemt. There are lots of good filters that will filter
out the junk, as well as feeding habits type feeds that are fed,
fishloads, how are the plants if any planated, what kind f fertilizer
is used in the plants etc etc that makes for better water than does
not cost anything other than time than fiddling with a UV.

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:44:08 -0700, Go Fig wrote:
In article . net, Jim
Fellows wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year

What is the make of the UV, did you clean the quartz sleeve ?

jay
Sun Jun 04, 2006

my pond (with UV) didnt clear up until the water temp reached around 65o and the
biofilter kicked in. I too was wondering about the UV unit. but it was just too
much nutrients. Ingrid

"Jim Fellows" wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and put
new uv bulb in this year




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"Koi-Lo" aka Roy wrote in message
...


I think kevin is in dire need of a tranquillizer or two.Chill out
dude, Princes Di is dead and no amound of hurrying up is gonna
change that... better yet, go ask your stupid questions on google run
by and for brits!

"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...


Easier to:
Fill in hole in the gorund thats called a pond. Plant grass, or lay
pavers down.,,,,,buy and install a hot tub. Kick back and enjoy a cold
one in the hot tub and let someone else fool with the ponds and all
their associated work........



On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:43:40 -0700, ~ janj
wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:58:26 GMT, "Jim Fellows"
wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a
bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year
and put
new uv bulb in this year

Below are some tips by a fellow ponder of mine. I'd like to know what
your
water parameters are currently: Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, KH, NitrAte, if
you
can test for those? How big is the pond and how many fish? Type &
sizes?
~ jan

Algae fighting tips

~ New ponds and spring ponds need time for plants to get established,
algae
is quicker at getting going!
~ add LOTS of plants, of any kind, in the pond. Especially underwater
plants.
~ Shade is good - provided by lily pads, floating plants or artificial
shade for part of the day.
~ LOW fish stocking (20 gallons per goldfish, 100 per koi) and not
overfeeding the fish.
~ building a mechanical filter to screen gunk.
~ build a veggie filter, run water through plants, as easy as floating
water hyacinth in your filter.
~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves
in the fall.
~ water movement, water changes of 10%/week
~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria.
I use A HREF="http://united-tech.com"http://united-tech.com/A
~ building ponds with bottom drains and skimmers.
~ do not use algaecides, they only make lots of suddenly dead algae
and that will feed the next algae bloom.
~ gently remove string algae
~ patience ;-)

-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

"Koi-Lo" aka Roy wrote in message
...


I think kevin is in dire need of a tranquillizer or two.Chill out
dude, Princes Di is dead and no amound of hurrying up is gonna
change that... better yet, go ask your stupid questions on google run
by and for brits!

"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:43:40 -0700, ~ janj
wrote:
snip
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Yep, its listed right on that label on the bottle of water named
Cherokee Bottled Spring Water..........

"Koi-Lo" aka Roy wrote in message
...


I think kevin is in dire need of a tranquillizer or two.Chill out
dude, Princes Di is dead and no amound of hurrying up is gonna
change that... better yet, go ask your stupid questions on google run
by and for brits!

wrote in message
...
my pond (with UV) didnt clear up until the water temp reached around 65o
and the
biofilter kicked in. I too was wondering about the UV unit. but it was
just too
much nutrients. Ingrid

"Jim Fellows" wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year and
put
new uv bulb in this year




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I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site.
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UV is pity full way to keep water quality. The replacement of expensive bulbs every year according to need, and therefore, a good mechanical filter is a better investment. There are many good filters will filter out spam, and feeding habits are fed feed type, fish loads, how to plant if planted, what kind of f fertilizer used in the plant, etc., it does not cost to improve the water than outside Any time than fiddle with ultraviolet light.