"Sean Dinh" wrote in message
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I waited for the vegetable filter to kick in. That never happened. The
Water
Hyacinth never grew.

## You probably needed to ad POTASH. One Tbs. per 1000 gallons should help.
You can buy potash in most larger nurseries or farm type stores (Co-op etc).
There's usually enough Nitrogen and Phosphorus produced by the fish
themselves.

WH didn't like cool flowing water. There were no flowers
last summer. Even though there were a lot of plants in the pond, they
couldn't
handle the ammonia spikes after each feeding. That were how green algae
thrived.

## I read that ammonia spikes are due to insufficient filtering material or
just too small a filter..

Anyway, my problem now is suspended particles. I never worried about them
before because I couldn't see them through the green algae.

## You can try a finer filter material to help clear that, such as a foam
filter over the other coarser material, or even quilt batting which will
even catch much of the algae. If you use quilt batting make sure it's not
treated with something to prevent mold.

McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
"WORK HARDER, millions in Welfare depend on you."
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