yesterday, 9 days after putting in the clump of water celery the water
has no ammonia. the sores on the fish have cleared up, they are back
to very peppy. Steve usually takes care of the koi pond but he had
knee surgery and didnt tell Jo Ann the ammonia was so bad the
chemicals clumped and dropped to the bottom of the test tube so she
was doing only a 3,000 gallon per day water change. once she realized
how bad the ammonia was she had to run the well water constantly to
try to bring the ammonia down. at one point she let it run 24 hours
and it didnt get rid of all the ammonia. of course, the biobugs in
her 2 big sisters was most likely toast. Jo Ann has been trying to
get Steve to set up a veggie filter for a couple years but he didnt
think it would do much. Steve had now admitted (first time ever) that
he was wrong. So Jo Ann is doing a happy, gloating dance. Ingrid

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:25:28 CST, wrote:
build a veggie filter. Jo Ann told me this morning that her ammonia
is almost gone entirely. The water celery (not lettuce) I sent her 12
days ago almost entirely fills her 3' pond she is using as the veggie
filter. she now is seeing mulm accumulating in the bottom. her water
is crystal clear. Jo Ann has a 10,000 gallon pond with 40 huge koi in
it. Ingrid