On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 12:13:32 -0800, Otto Pylot
wrote:

The filtration system is inside the pond via a skimmer on the side. The
debris is collected in a skimmer bag before going thru the filter into
the pump. No UV filter just your garden variety mesh filter
(biological?). The pump pulls about 2900/GPH up to the waterfall
filter/bucket. The water moves thru 2 biological filters and then thru
a couple of bags of lava rock and then over the falls and back into the
pond. Currently we have a parrot feather and a water poppy that has
died back considerably. The pond is about 4 feet at its deepest and was
dug out by hand, lined with an underlayment and then formed with a 45
mil rubber liner. In addition to the string algae, which I might add is
very difficult to remove once its attached to a rock, we have another
type of algae where the water movement slows down a bit. I think that
may be what you refer to as "fuzz algae". It does look a little fuzzy.
Like I said, this is our first full year with the pond (it was
installed last July) so the cycle of changes is all new to us. Thanks.

Hiya Otto,

Would that be an Aquascape system (or similar) you are describing? Do you
have rocks in the pond? 4 feet deep and no bottom drain, hmmm, we may have
to talk. ;o) ~ jan


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