"Koi-Lo" aka Roy wrote in message
...


I think kevin is in dire need of a tranquillizer or two.Chill out
dude, Princes Di is dead and no amound of hurrying up is gonna
change that... better yet, go ask your stupid questions on google run
by and for brits!

"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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Easier to:
Fill in hole in the gorund thats called a pond. Plant grass, or lay
pavers down.,,,,,buy and install a hot tub. Kick back and enjoy a cold
one in the hot tub and let someone else fool with the ponds and all
their associated work........



On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:43:40 -0700, ~ janj
wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:58:26 GMT, "Jim Fellows"
wrote:

anyone have suestion on green water and how to keep it away i have a
bio
filter and a uvlight worked great last year but not good this year
and put
new uv bulb in this year

Below are some tips by a fellow ponder of mine. I'd like to know what
your
water parameters are currently: Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, KH, NitrAte, if
you
can test for those? How big is the pond and how many fish? Type &
sizes?
~ jan

Algae fighting tips

~ New ponds and spring ponds need time for plants to get established,
algae
is quicker at getting going!
~ add LOTS of plants, of any kind, in the pond. Especially underwater
plants.
~ Shade is good - provided by lily pads, floating plants or artificial
shade for part of the day.
~ LOW fish stocking (20 gallons per goldfish, 100 per koi) and not
overfeeding the fish.
~ building a mechanical filter to screen gunk.
~ build a veggie filter, run water through plants, as easy as floating
water hyacinth in your filter.
~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves
in the fall.
~ water movement, water changes of 10%/week
~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria.
I use A HREF="http://united-tech.com"http://united-tech.com/A
~ building ponds with bottom drains and skimmers.
~ do not use algaecides, they only make lots of suddenly dead algae
and that will feed the next algae bloom.
~ gently remove string algae
~ patience ;-)

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(Do you know where your water quality is?)