"Chip" wrote in message ...
Reel McKoi wrote:

Another reason I stopped using the vac to remove the mulm on the bottom
was newts and small frogs were getting killed when sucked up. They don't
survive the trip through to the tank. Small fish are injured beyond
saving. I always have these small creatures in my ponds.

Then how do you clean the mulm out? or do you leave it?
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We first pump the pond down as low as possible and net all the fish and
other creatures out. The net also gets the twigs and leaves out. What's
left is the mulm. We suck that out with the wet-dry vac. Rinse the sides and
suck it out again. By then it's clean on the bottom. I do leave the coat of
algae and bacteria on the sides, just hose it down to get the lose stuff
off.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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