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Old 07-03-2008, 12:25 AM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
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Default Spring pond plans....

The UV should get the green water. You might see if the flow rate
through it is slow enough for the UV to do its job. Ours takes a
while to clear the water, but does it.

The loss of plants is a bummer. Does anacharis survive up there? Are
there any native plants that could help you? What grows wild aroung
there? We have irises. Their roots are some use, but they don't grow
with enough speed to grab nutrients. The green algae get moving
before the vasculars and eat nutrients in the water. Once the
vasculars start their growth, the gree algae fades. We us our UV in
the period before the vasculars get rolling.

Could you do anything hydroponically, like flowers or something with
their roots in a veggie filter equivalent? Anything with roots in the
water and growth.

While I think about it, watercress grows like mad in the early
season. Water celery does fine after that. Would you like some? It
has an huge root mass for filtration and grows fast on top. The cost
would be postage.

Jim