I think it depends upon how deep the crud is. I would go ahead, bite the
bullet
and vacuum it out. Great on flowers. In the meantime buy some BZT online
or over the phone. This is the microencapsulated bio stuff that will eat
the
crud - if it isn't too deep in your pond.
Go to: www.united-tech.com or phone: 918-610-5205... by phone is really
best because you can ask for the "ponders special" and get 8 oz of
BZT Aquaculture for somewhere around $34.00 ..... Mine lasts over a year
and I have a 2,000 gallon pond :-)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

Jerry G" wrote in message
m...
500 Gallon pond, 10 goldfish, 2 koi.....and after moving some stuff
around the bottom of my pond yesterday.....lots of cr** on the bottom.
It looked like it was snowing poop flakes.

No bottom drain because the pond people kept telling me that I was
making this more complex then necessary when I was designing my pond.

Does anyone have any experience with the organic stuff sold on the
internet to get rid of the fish poo and sludge on the bottom of the
pond?

Are there any animals that live off of this stuff?

I'm really not lazy...I'm not, I'm not!

Is there an alternative to vacumning the bottom of the pond?