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Old 15-08-2008, 06:29 AM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
Sheila[_3_] Sheila[_3_] is offline
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Default Clearing algae and silt loaded water

Phyllis and Jim wrote:
If your fountain has no living things in it, you can use an algecide
to keep it clear. You will still have to clean out the muck.

Jim


The trees a quite a ways off, but it was full of algae, mud, sand, and
tadpoles.

I will now use an algaecide to keep it clear, but it the muck that
builds up that I was hoping to filter, out mainly mud and sand.

Sheila