jb,

I use a hula hoop, and I have made something similar, where I needed one
much larger, using poly tubing and a dowel of appropriate size to make it
into a loop. Works great, most of the time. Large koi will play with the
plants and sometimes bring them out of the loop, but they need to be thinned
anyhow, so send the errant ones to the compost pile.
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RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"John Burton" wrote in message
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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1. More filtration or
2. Addition of filtering plants like water hyacinth or water lettuce.

The algae is thriving because of the high amount of nutrients. Killing
the
algae, just makes more food for the algae. You need a plant to
out-compete
the algae.


Any other "tricks" other than plopping in water hyacinth or water lettuce.
I hear that both are so agressive that they tend to "take over" the top of
the falls or where ever they're planted.

One suggestion I heard (and would like a bit of feedback) is to put them
in
a PVC "square". That is, build a ring around the rosie ...

Whaddya think?

--==jb==--

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john burton
Bach 50B3
Bass Trombone, Charleston NeoPhonic Orchestra
South Charleston, West Virginia