I think that a major design flaw of my pond is that it is only 27" wide. The
rear wall is a 5' radius with a continuous waterfall ledge. This makes
having plants very difficult, since they would be constantly bombarded by
the waterfall.
I'm begining to wonder if my only way out is a uv filter.
"K30a" wrote in message
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Green suspended particles must be
algae. Algae and outside water go
hand in hand, you'll never be rid of it
but you can reduce its numbers so your
water will *look* like a basin full of gin.

Algae fighting tips

~ New 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.
~ getting really carried away and actually screening the algae with really
fine
filters, for engineering type pond/nerds
~ build a veggie filter, run water through plants, as easy as floating
water
hyacinth in a container.
~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves
in the fall.
~ water movement, occasional water changes of 10%
~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria.
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~ 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 ;-)


k30a