I caught a DIY "10 Things You Must Know About Ponds" program this afternoon
on TV. I was surprised to hear that "Filtration" was not one of the 10
things. sigh Years back I remember watching an episode on how to install a
pond with a stream leading into it. They simply laid two pieces of liner,
one on top of the other, to do the stream. Sometimes I wonder if the TV
talent has ever really completed one of these projects before.

JB wrote:

I caught a DIY "10 Things You Must Know About Ponds" program this
afternoon on TV. I was surprised to hear that "Filtration" was not one of
the 10 things.

Well, really, filtration is _not_ one of the 10 things you need - but
balancing bioload to capacity is, and if you want to keep more fish than
the natural capacity of the pond, you're going to need a filter.

sigh Years back I remember watching an episode on how to
install a pond with a stream leading into it. They simply laid two pieces
of liner, one on top of the other, to do the stream. Sometimes I wonder if
the TV talent has ever really completed one of these projects before.

They certainly don't have to stick around and worry about where all the
water's going.
--
derek

Neither the writers nor the "talent" know squat about most things they are doing.
That is why certain DIY shows with people who DO know what they are doing get such a
large following, like Crockett, Julia Childs. Ingrid

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:47:05 EDT, "JB" wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if the TV
talent has ever really completed one of these projects before.

Filtration is of very little use or interest to most pond keepers and water gardeners, unless they intend to overstock a pond with fish

An attractively planted pond with a couple of happy fish is going to be a stable and very low maintenance feature without any need to squelch water about

Regards, andy
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