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Bronze color
Hi Guys..... Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise very clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on order which I hope might help.... Thanks for any suggestion..... Cheers, Bruce |
Bronze color
Jeanne wrote:
Hi Guys..... Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise very clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on order which I hope might help.... Thanks for any suggestion..... Cheers, Bruce Hi Bruce the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay) should HELP clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it. I put a few newly potted cattails in my 600 gal pond (temporary, been too wet to dig new 13,000 gal), their pots fell over in a storm and released a lot of clay into the pond. I mixed a batch of Terrapond @ 2X the recommended dosage and in just 6 hours it started to clear up enough that I could see about 2-3" into the pond. The next day I dosed the pond again, the third day the pond was clear except for a slight "bronze color" I stirred up the bottom several times and let the "Vortex" part of the filter settle out the clay. Then emptied the silt out of the vortex. I waited a week (with "bronze water" and then used the normal dosage, my water has been "Gin Clear" (ref. ponder BV) (the extra dosage will not hurt, I have started to take a teaspoon of the clay 2X a week my self mixed in a glass of chocolate milk) My fish like it, I mix a maintainance dose 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of pond water as a treat once every week or two. Check out the explainations under "HOW IT WORKS" on the following pages: http://www.pondpetsusa.com/koiclay.htm (very basic explaination) http://www.pondpetsusa.com/terrapond.htm (more detailed explaination) Chagoi |
Bronze color
"Chagoi" wrote in message ... Jeanne wrote: Hi Guys..... Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise very clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on order which I hope might help.... Thanks for any suggestion..... Cheers, Bruce Hi Bruce the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay) should HELP clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it. I put a few newly potted cattails in my 600 gal pond (temporary, been too wet to dig new 13,000 gal), their pots fell over in a storm and released a lot of clay into the pond. I mixed a batch of Terrapond @ 2X the recommended dosage and in just 6 hours it started to clear up enough that I could see about 2-3" into the pond. The next day I dosed the pond again, the third day the pond was clear except for a slight "bronze color" I stirred up the bottom several times and let the "Vortex" part of the filter settle out the clay. Then emptied the silt out of the vortex. I waited a week (with "bronze water" and then used the normal dosage, my water has been "Gin Clear" (ref. ponder BV) (the extra dosage will not hurt, I have started to take a teaspoon of the clay 2X a week my self mixed in a glass of chocolate milk) My fish like it, I mix a maintainance dose 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of pond water as a treat once every week or two. This will work but you also need to eliminate the cause. The cause should be alot of leaves falling in the water and decaying and staining the water. This will also make the water a bit acidic and have a low oxyegen content. -- IAN. P. GARDNER ISLE OF WIGHT www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk |
Bronze color
Many thanks Chagoi..... Hi Bruce the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay) should HELP clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it. |
Bronze color
Thanks Ian... You are right about the leaves - oaks everywhere around the pond. Didn't know leaves caused the color. Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that one..... "IAN GARDNER" wrote in message ... "Chagoi" wrote in message ... Jeanne wrote: Hi Guys..... Anyone know how to eliminate the slight bronze color to an otherwise very clear pond? Water quality is fine with the single exception of hardness which is off the scale. Fish are doing fine. I have some koi clay on order which I hope might help.... Thanks for any suggestion..... Cheers, Bruce Hi Bruce the addition of koiclay or terrapond (both Calcium Montmorillonite clay) should HELP clear up your colored water. It may not totally, but it should improve it. I put a few newly potted cattails in my 600 gal pond (temporary, been too wet to dig new 13,000 gal), their pots fell over in a storm and released a lot of clay into the pond. I mixed a batch of Terrapond @ 2X the recommended dosage and in just 6 hours it started to clear up enough that I could see about 2-3" into the pond. The next day I dosed the pond again, the third day the pond was clear except for a slight "bronze color" I stirred up the bottom several times and let the "Vortex" part of the filter settle out the clay. Then emptied the silt out of the vortex. I waited a week (with "bronze water" and then used the normal dosage, my water has been "Gin Clear" (ref. ponder BV) (the extra dosage will not hurt, I have started to take a teaspoon of the clay 2X a week my self mixed in a glass of chocolate milk) My fish like it, I mix a maintainance dose 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of pond water as a treat once every week or two. This will work but you also need to eliminate the cause. The cause should be alot of leaves falling in the water and decaying and staining the water. This will also make the water a bit acidic and have a low oxyegen content. -- IAN. P. GARDNER ISLE OF WIGHT www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk |
Bronze color
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"Bruce" writes: Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that one..... when the leaves start to fall, net the pond with fruit tree netting to keep them out. I have a large oak in the neighbors yard that drops leaves and the netting keeps most of them out. Otherwise you have oak tea and a really stinky bottom. I know, I wasn't here last fall to net the pond and what a mess I had/have this year. Never again. Karen Zone 5 Ashland, OH http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html My Art Studio at http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html for email remove the extra extention |
Bronze color
www.gardner44.freeserve.co.uk "Bruce" wrote in message ... Thanks Ian... You are right about the leaves - oaks everywhere around the pond. Didn't know leaves caused the color. Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that one..... My pond is dug right under an Oak tree! It`s the only place I could put it! Oak leaves do stain the water. A net will stop it but it looks ugly. -- IAN. P. GARDNER ISLE OF WIGHT |
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