"kurt" wrote in message
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I just inherited a pond and have a couple of questions

First there is no fish in the pond, it's a liner, 15 foot stream, 18
- 20 in deep, and its about 400 - 500gals

I live in 7B zone.

The pond has a lot of hair algae and am wondering if I can just
Scube it off the rocks.
After the removal of the algae I want to drain the pond completely and
leave it empty over the winter. Is that ok and if yes should I do
anything to the liner?

I figure that I'll revitalize the pond in April.

BTW: There are rocks at the bottom of the pond. Should I leave the,
in when the pond is empty
or take them out?
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I would wait until spring and then give it a good cleaning and refilling.
If you leave it empty it will be full of leaves, litter and probably a few
dead things as Derek said. We removed all the gravel and rocks from our
pond. It was too hard to clean with them on the bottom. Everything
collected there and couldn't be removed.
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
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