Morning, Matt!
Have a great time camping! I hear the weather should be beautiful! I
also see that we got some snow on the Peak last night.
Yeah, I agree that I am starting late. At least it will be ready to go
next season and I might have some clear water most of the 2005 season.
And my plants are shredded too! They look more like doilies! LOL. I
will be pruning today as some of the lilies have nice new leaves up
already. One looks to be at least 9 inches across. I will measure and
let you know.
I will keep you posted on the filter. If we get some warm weather, it
might kick in sooner than I expect. That would be nice for the last few
weeks of the season. Might even try covering the pond this winter.
Just a thought.
Take care and be safe!
W. Dale

MattR wrote:
I have a big stock tank, too. Something like 3' x 4'. Not sure how many
gallons. But my pond is only 1300 gallons (roughly 13' x 8'). Your pond
sounds huge, should look nice when it's all done. My media is a bunch
of cut up drinking straws. Odd thing is the straws got pushed to the
side so the water basically goes around the media. But it works! I
think I just have a vegie filter without the vegies. Or it's just a
green muck filter. I might just turn it into a vegie filter so let me
know how yours works.

The comment by your neighbors that you have plenty of filtration is
probably true for reducing ammonia but probably not for reducing pea
soup. I'm thinking your vegie filter will work fine. Unfortunately
you're starting late in the season and it might not start working until
it gets cold.

Weather up this way? If I could catch all the rain water I wouldn't
have to top my pond off for a year. It dumped up here. So my pond is
full but the water lillies still look ripped up from the hail. And it's
still dumping. And I'm going camping this weekend.

Matt


news.pcisys.net wrote:

1 100 gallon stock tank (Rubber maid) and 2 70 gallon stock tanks.
These are my bio/mechanical filters. Filter media: black floor
scrubber pads (cut up) and white floor scrubber pads. Two Silent
giant 4300 pumps. Last weekend I built a veggie filter; 24' X 1.9' X
18" deep. I am waiting for the liner to come in. I should have it up
and running by this weekend. Pond is in full sun most of the day.
In the bio filters, I have just stuck some arrow head and mint in just
to see what would happen. I looks like the mint and arrowhead are
living, putting down roots and my live. This morning I noticed I
could see a few inches deeper in the pond. Maybe the clouds and
cooler temps down here have helped. Any suggestions? I have been
assured by my neighbors (both ponders) that I have "plenty of
filtration" for my size pond (19' X 21' X 4.5' Irregular shaped)
We just go a quick huge storm here in the Springs. Any weather up
your way?
W. Dale