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Thanks for you comments. I was starting to get a bit put off by the
amount of nonsense about the trolling issue. Hope it doesnt spoil the group. I started with the manual cleaning as I did'nt really know what I was doing and was'nt about to go out spending lots of time and money on the pond. Two weeks later I have done both! The temptation know is to drain and clean just to see whats down there but my gut feel is to just leave it alone. There was a huge amount of stuff down there, about a foot deep, mainly stuff from a large conifor near the pond. However, it did'nt smell and was easy to scoop out with hands and then net. I thought it would be too much work to drain but know I've spent nearly a week doing it by hand I suspect it would have been better to drain etc. I think at some point I will drain it when I know more about it, I will start to keep an eye on the water quality and if it get bad then do something then. It will allow me to secure the hosing for the pump and the electric cables for the lights and pump too and arrange the lighting better. Not sure what a bottom or a verggie filter is, My filter has a biologia media section in the base - is this the same thing? I will post some pitures once I get it sorted, it looks a bit dull and boaring at the moment :-( Its a small world, although I live in the south of London I actually work in Cambridge! It's a lovley City but I dont get to see much of it as I spend my spare time in London - mostly these days on my pond :-) BTW - your pond looks fantastic. I would love to have something like that but alas space does not permit - gardens in London are postage stamp sized compared to what you get in other parts of the world. Vak |
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