Hi John!

A couple suggestions.

Drain the pond and clean any muck out,
feed it to trees and garden beds.

How many fish do you have? Consider reducing
the stocking and not feeding as much.

Many, many more plants (though you may have
more than the pictures show, it is still early days
yet).

Consider some kind of external plant filter
I have a stock tank full of water hyacinth (in
season) and a waterfall full of watercress.
(That mulched bed to the side looks like a good
place for one.)

Shade is good. Trees provide shade but also
contribute debris. A skimmer comes in handy
for this.

A mechanical filter to screen some of the muck
and mulm. You can also prop your pump up on
something. Ours sits on a builder's brick.

Algae loves fish waste, rotting plant matter, muck
and mulm, fresh water and sunlight.

good luck! Let us know how it goes.

kathy :-)

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