not sure if it matters...but the water is warm...its almost directly in the
front of our yard. so is this the source of all the algea? and approx how
long can this process of waiting take? also...i read that atleast 70% of the
surface of the pond needs to be cover by plants. i dont have that much. i
have less than 10%..the plants i have dont seem to grow enough to cover a
larger area...i bought a lily and it has about 8 or 9 pads and thats all
that have grown since i bought it.. do i need to buy like 10 of the 4inch
pots just to have that many pads to create the 70% of coverage?
"RichToyBox" wrote in message
news:dp_Va.23123$Ho3.4268@sccrnsc03...
This sounds like a new pond, and a new ponder. The algae carpet that
forms
on the side of the pond is good, in that it provides for some of the
filtering of the pond, and it uses the nutrients needed by the floating
green algae. My recommendation for the green water that is making the
pond
less than clear, is patience. But you should be getting the complete list
of things to do, including getting more plants in the pond.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"AFE" wrote in message
news
hey everyone...I have a problem with my pond and I cant figure it out
whatso
ever! i have a massive amount of green/brown algea forming on the entire
inside of the pond and im not sure if thats whats making the water
unclear
or if its the water its self that is dirty..i have tried making the pond
deeper and adding a filter and large waterfall to it. this didnt work. i
have 4 plants providing a little shade. the pond is 13x12x2ftdeep. there
are
2 pumps pushing a HUGE amount of water through the waterfall which is
being
filtered....no matter how hard i try the pond becomes very hard to view
the
fish. i would realllly like the help from someone if they know my
problem
and how to solve it..i spent alot of money on this and want to have a
nice
pond