"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
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I challenged you to McGyver something up, I am glad you are coming back to
the BV we know and love!

Here is my 2cents from 1st hand experience (don't ask).

A couple of trash cans. Place the cans on concrete blocks such that at
least the top 12-18 inches is above your water level!
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Weird. I posted a response from home last night and I don't see it here. If
it turns up, forgive my duplicate.

Turns out my garbage cans all had holes in them and the 300gph pump I bought
wouldn't fill fast enough. SO...I took the 40 gallon or so rubbermaid for
the kids toys, and sunk it in a shallow area of the main pond. I dropped a
new 300gph pump in the bottom of the pond, and ran the output to the bottom
of the rubbermaid. I then filled the rubber maid with 4 yards of batting. It
took awhile, but the rubbermaid filled and the slowly began to overflow into
the pond.

This morning, after about 12 hours, the pond does not look much clearer yet.
I am thinking since I killed the fish last week, I may just dump some more
calcite in and see if that helps.

BV.