I have a pond that is a few years old, approximately 3200 gal. last
year when i thought I lost all my fish, I drained the pond and vac'd
out all the fun goop that accumualted at the bottom and added fresh
water and eventually fish.
What I noticed was the water quickly turned brown and thats the way it
has stayed ever since.
I've read that veggie filters work well with water clarification as
well as adding Pond Enzymes. I don't have a pond a veggie filter so I
decided to try the Dry Bacteria and Pond Enzymes (DBPE). It says id
natually reduces sludge and other goopy stuff in the pond. Well I've
been using it for 2 weeks with no noticible changes in the water
quality.

My questions:
Does DBPE work?
What am I doing wrong with my pond and or what should I be doing?

Thanks

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:26:01 EDT, Peter Pan wrote:

I have a pond that is a few years old, approximately 3200 gal. last
year when i thought I lost all my fish, I drained the pond and vac'd
out all the fun goop that accumualted at the bottom and added fresh
water and eventually fish.
What I noticed was the water quickly turned brown and thats the way it
has stayed ever since.
I've read that veggie filters work well with water clarification as
well as adding Pond Enzymes. I don't have a pond a veggie filter so I
decided to try the Dry Bacteria and Pond Enzymes (DBPE). It says id
natually reduces sludge and other goopy stuff in the pond. Well I've
been using it for 2 weeks with no noticible changes in the water
quality.

My questions:
Does DBPE work?
What am I doing wrong with my pond and or what should I be doing?

If your water is tinted brown like tea, that is usually tanins. They are
best removed with frequent partial water changes or a slow flow thru
system.

I am not familiar with DBPE, I use BZT (United Technologies Aquaculture).
~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

best removed with frequent partial water changes or a slow flow thru
system.

Can you give me more info of a "slow flow thru
system". ? Thanks

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:57:02 EDT, wrote:

people who have their own well often let the water dribble into the pond and it
overflows out somewhere else. Is difficult to do with city water because even a
chlorine filter may fail and kill the fish. Ingrid

Even city water, slow flow people have found that the chorine is
inactivated quickly by the organics in the water. Most though put it in at
the top of a water fall or end of the filtration where the water is at its
worst. They've used low reading chlorine testers and found nothing showing
up to indicate a problem. Then there is spraying it in and trickle towers.

I'm not as brave, if you have a leak it may take you some time to discover
it. I stick to a more continuous fast flow with dechlor once/week. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us