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hey all, was wondering what the best way to start a bacteria colony in
our new 4000G pond (also, when can we would be the soonest we could
start introducing koi?). we installed a fluid art ultimate system with
vortex, uv, bead filtration.. we actually live nearby a rather large
lake and wonder if that would be a good place to collect some bacteria
to introduce into our pond? if people prefer off the shelf bacteria,
which products?

thanks


I would shy away from introducing bacteria into your pond from a lake
simply because you don't know what bacteria you are introducing. You could
also introduce parasites. I use aquazyme, which works very well for me.
You should wait at least 21 days for the nitrogen cycle to run to
completion before introducing critters to your pond.