I am one of those who's daddy said "dont want no leak, dont put in no holes".
actually, my current koi pond doesnt appear to have any mulm on the bottom. after 5
years I can still see the little gravel scattered on the bottom which the koi like to
remove from the lily pot and scatter. they also pick it up and spit it into the
bucket filter.
My pond is rectangular so the water falls in at one end, is sucked out by the pump at
the other. the koi stir up the bottom and eventually it looks like all the mulm just
gets dumped into the veggie filter.
every fall when I move the plants from the veggie filter I find a couple inches if
mulm which I use a wet dry to remove and put it on my flower beds.
my pond is netted to keep out leaves
I feed the highest quality koi food I can find and very little of it at a time.
overfeeding leads to fouling the water.

My other two ponds out at the dacha dont have netting and get filled with leaves and
I have a pond service come and drain and clean the ponds in spring after the temp is
above 55 for a couple weeks. Ingrid

"Pat" wrote:

How do you all clean up the sediments at the bottom of your ponds.
My pond is about 12 foot diameter and 3 feet deep at the center.
Thanks
Pat




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