I believe your in need of more plants to suck up nutrients instead of
the algae getting the nutrients to grow on. Its hard to say with
ca;coium bentonite, some swear by it others say its so so, andyet
others swear at it.........but whatever you do, as I am sure one clown
here will chime in and suggest, and that is DO NOT USE kitty litter in
place of koi clay or calcium bentonite.......

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:54:16 -0400, "Priscilla McCullough"
wrote:

===I was curious. I have had my pond up since March. 15x15 and 4 ft deep. 3½ x9
===4 ft settlement chamber/filter filled with media. 3 bottom drains.
===About 8 medium Koi in it. Coast of Ga. MY water won't clear. It stays green
===looking. I don't know if its because its so hot here and I have a lot of
===trees.
===Fish seem happy. Friend got this koi clay and said hers cleared up. Was
===wondering if it would do any good or just leave my pond alone and hope it
===clears.
===Just have water lettuce and a couple hyantchs. ms
===Got a couple water lilies but since I can't see the bottom am afraid to get
===in. I did catch 2 big snapping turtles and relocated them.
===Got a frog sanctuary out there. Toads and Frog haven.
===Priss
===
===
===" George" wrote in message
===news:0ReBe.151088$_o.60911@attbi_s71...
===
=== "Roy" wrote in message
=== ...
=== Is calcium bentonite clay finely ground and sold at excessively high
=== prices...........to ponders as a miricle cure all for ponds and fish.
=== I am not argueing it may have benefits, but the price certainly is not
=== even close in line with what you can buy a 50 or 100 pound bag of
=== calcium bentonite clay for, from a foundry supply, or feed mill
=== for......The jopker on Ebay is probably doing just that, and only
=== needs to sell one bag of the stuff and his 100 pound sack is paid for
=== in full.....Even with shipping, the cost of a 50# bag is still cheaper
=== 10 times over than buying packaged koi clay and paying the price
=== gouging prices.
===
=== You can get a 100lbs bag of bentonite at an industrial pump or drilling
=== supply company for about $6-10/bag. Do a search on whitepages.com for one
=== or both of these businesses in your area, then call them and check on
=== availability. They also make it in pellets, which is much easier to use,
=== but a bit more expensive. The other advantage of pellets is that they
=== come in 5-gallon buckets that are resealable.
===
===


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