Thread: !*#$ing Heron !
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Old 22-07-2007, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Martin Harran View Post
Have my pond eight years, gradually built up to 24 fish - including 6 of
original fish I put in when I first built it - and a !*#$ing Heron cleaned
it out last week

Anyway, I've had a problem with murky water last few years, all tests
showing it ok* and no problem with sick or dying fish, I've put it down to a
probable combination of the pond getting too much sun and too few plants
for the number of fish.

I put in some extra plants last year and I'm wondering if I should now leave
the pond for a year with no fish to get rid of the murkiness in the water.
Any opinions on this?

(*I have a UV filtering system and there's a waterfall in the pond which
obviously helps the oxygenation)

Without fish rummaging around, stirring up anything that fits into their mouths, ponds with 60% plant coverage usually stabilise to gin clear water conditions after a few weeks

Regards, andy
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