Thanks ( I think )) to both Ka30p and to Jan for your enlightening
replies. I guess I'll leave it alone then )

Cheers,

Mogweed.

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
I hope you'll like my answer, Modweed. Do nothing.

Not only is this the less work option now, it is the less work/frustration
option later. Your pond is cycling, it is only green now because of the
nutrients that were in the water to begin with. Leave it alone and the
algae will die. If you kill it, new algae will feed off the old, and then
it becomes a con$tant you-work cycle of green, kill, green. Do you want a
pond or a swimming pool?

Come spring do NOT power wash the algae off the sides. Add your plants
first and two goldfish* in a few days, you will not need an additional
filter beyond the algae on the sides and plants.

*I highly recommend fantail goldfish. They do not reproduce as heavily,
and
when/if you do have too many babies (you'll know this when the water
starts
to turn green) fantail babies are easy to catch. They are also worth more
at the pet store, so easy to sell or give away. ~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:35:03 +0000 (UTC), "Mogweed"
wrote:

We've just built a pond and waterfall - silly time of year to do this
here
in the UK, I know, but if we hadn't, we'd spend the money on something
else
and still have a crappy garden come summer )

Anyway, because it's the wrong time of year, we have no plants or fish in
it
yet but it is a "working pond" in the sense that it's full of water and
the
waterfall is active. When the time comes, we intend to put in plants but
are
undecided about fish. All we really wanted was the relaxing sight and
sound
of tinkling, gurgling, water and fish - if we have any at all - will be
just
a couple of goldfish.

We haven't installed any sort of filter yet, partly because we have
nothing
(live) in the pond yet and partly because we've run out of money.
However,
the water is getting rather green so I was wondering if there are any
sort
of chemical additives I can put in to reverse this and have clear water
again? Come the spring, I'll probably empty the pond and power-wash the
liner before installing the plants and a filter of some sort, but is
there
anything I can do until then?

Cheers,

Mogweed