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hotpepper wrote:
Forgot to say - got back from work today after being away for a few days and hence not been messing with the pond. The water is crystal clear all the way to the bottom. I can see all the fish which has put me at ease, the Orfe are darting around like mad and the tench are slowly moving around the bottom - one even came to the top to eat! I can now see the shape and layout of the pond so probably wont drain and clean it. I switch of the pump while cleaning it and for some reason sediment started to stir up, is this normal? Why does this happen? I'd guess your pump is moving water to some point above the water level of the pond. When you switch it off, all the water in the pipe runs back down into the pond, through the intake - which one assumes is near the bottom of the pond - and stirs up the remaining sediment. If there's any chance at all that the pipe could spring a leak that would cause water to leave the pond, you should try to raise that intake up a few inches, so that a catastrophe still leaves enough water in the pond for your fish to survive! -- derek |
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