"robv60" wrote in message
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I have fish in it, only 8, 3" goldfish. In order to filter the dead
algae the UV would produce I set up a temporary filter thats basically
a 5 gallon bucket stuffed with quilt batting, I have not HAD to clean
it out yet. I have cleaned it, but it was still flowing water through
it so....It did have some brownish/gray muck stuck to it, Im assuming
this was dead algae.
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When I use quilt batting to help speed a algae bloom the batting is clogged
in a few hours and is almost always green. Do you have a lot of mulm on the
bottom of your pond? Perhaps from an overturned plant pot or leaves from
last fall? Again, N-P may be coming in with your water, when you top up
your pond. We get a report from our water company telling us what these
measurements are (and more). But there are test kits for them.
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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
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