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Old 11-09-2003, 01:12 PM
Simon Avery
 
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Default green green pond of home

"willsniffer" wrote:

Hello willsniffer

w have a 450 litre pond, pump for fountain going to small
w pressurised filter bucket doodah. Tried various eco methods
w such as ramshorns etc, but what does anybody recommend when
w it comes to a decent filter system +/- UV filtering? The
w fish are fine but it would be nice to see them once in
w a while. Thanks

Oxygenators, covering plants (lilies, even duckweed) and time.

Algae blooms because of sunlight, lack of oxygen and excess nutrients.

I've got a large system of connected ponds here of about 8,000 gallons
with 8 adult goldfish and about a hundred 1st year goldfish. Water is
crystal (now, it wasn't earlier this year) and I don't have any
additional filtering systems. Just plenty of oxygenators, several
waterfalls (same function, just noisier) and coverage.

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