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"Bruce" wrote in message
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Thanks Ian...
You are right about the leaves - oaks everywhere around the pond. Didn't
know leaves caused the color. Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I
will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a
bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that
one.....

My pond is dug right under an Oak tree! It`s the only place I could put it!
Oak leaves do stain the water. A net will stop it but it looks ugly.

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IAN. P. GARDNER
ISLE OF WIGHT