Raven, As for the green water you need more time and more plants and
some shade. I have a small pond in full sun that I use a potted palm
(that I bring inside for the winter) to filter the hot afternoon sun.
As for the liner, 6mil sounds real thin and if grass came through in a
couple of weeks I don't know what a whole summer and some oak tree
roots have in store for you.
You mentioned a pump but no filter ......... more plants, less
fish , wait longer, more shade.
Let us know what happens ............ Is your liner RV roofing????
(White EPDM rubber)

"Raven" wrote in message
...
Hi all ... been lurking for a while, and you guys & gals seem like a
friendly bunch ... so, I finally decided to post, need some help
here
... chemical or otherwise. Have 2 ponds in our backyard - the first
one
is on the smaller side (125 gallons - prefab), which we've had for
close
to two years, under the shade of a huge oak - has been a breeze to
take
care of .. healthy fish, healthy plants .. no problems whatsoever
with
this one. The problem is with the new pond that hubby put in about
a
month ago (heh, the reason he gave for building a new pond was so I
didn't have to throw plants out ... though, I think that was only an
excuse, he's already talking pond #3 - he's hooked!). Anyway ...
this
new one is slightly larger than the first ... 160 gallons, and in
full
sunlight. When he had everything set up, thought it might be a good
idea to transfer some water from the first pond to speed things up a
bit
- so, I did that. Placed excess plants from the first one in there -
and
waited a couple of weeks to put fish in. No fish deaths, but ...
Hyacinths & Lettuce are turning yellow (lack of nitrogen?) Noticed
about
a week ago that ONE single blade of grass has punched through the
liner
(6 mil, white) ... that was kind of a surprise, wasn't expecting
that
(and could this be part of the problem?) Have a pump in there that
is
circulating the water (can't state the specks on it ... I'd have to
dig
up the package) We've had LOADS of rain within the past month ...
so,
the next thing is something that I was not expecting so quickly.
Walked
outside a few days back to feed fish, and noticed that the water was
slightly green - within the following days, it got progressively
worse.
Today, couldn't even see the bottom - so, dumped half the water and
replaced it - which did not make much of a difference. I realize
that
with this new pond being in direct sunlight, the upkeep is going to
be a
bit more difficult as far as algae is concerned ... (could a shift
in PH
levels help this .. currently at 8.0) but, what do I need to do to
stabilize this thing and get rid of the hideous murky green water?
Thanking everybody in advance

~Raven~






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