I wish I'd realised how complicated ....
Orincs wrote:
Two years ago, while I was having my garden flattened by a bloody great big
digger, I had a brilliant idea - why don't I get him to dig a lake! No
water table.
Get a liner? Estimated cost £17,000.
A big pond? Liner needs to be joined on site - big cost.
A smaller pond. OK!
Ahhh....
Get some fish? THREE HUNDRED QUID EACH!!!
Smaller fish. OK!
Friend offers 50 free goldfish. Great!!
Water goes dirty green colour - can't see fish!
Another friend says, "buy a filter". Great. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY
QUID!!!!!
PLEEESE HELP!!! I can't take any more of this.
I'm told I have about 8000 gallons of green water and a surface area of
about 400 sq feet. Can some one suggest the cheapest way of making the
water sparkle. If this means a filter and a pump, then which one -and what
about UV?
Any help would be very much appreciated. It all seemed such a good idea at
the beginning!
Thanks
JIM
Get some real plants, like lily-pads. They'll use up the nutrients that
the algae would otherwise eat. Also, make sure you have a waterfall or
something to aerate the water.
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