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Pond - Pool advice
The bad news, a very warm Feb led me to raising my plants from their deep
hibernation and place in a shallow temp pond. A week later after 90's for a week, it dipped into freezing for a few nights in a row. I think all my lilies died. So the thoughts turned on turning my pond into a pool for my kids. The water was always clear, it's huge (20'x8'x4'deep), as big, or bigger, than those intex above ground pools. Well in theory it's great, but in actuality it's not working so well. The plants must have paid a huge role in clarity. Plus this is an extremely dry and windy year so far. Many days of 20-30mph sustained winds, and I think they're dumping excess amounts of dirt into my water. All I've ever used before is an upflow lava rock 55gal drum filter. Suggestions on how to get the dirt out of the water? All I have is a 2000gph pump, and my lava filter. Any other ideas suggestions? Thanks Bryan |
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Pond - Pool advice
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:26:41 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:
The bad news, a very warm Feb led me to raising my plants from their deep hibernation and place in a shallow temp pond. A week later after 90's for a week, it dipped into freezing for a few nights in a row. I think all my lilies died. So the thoughts turned on turning my pond into a pool for my kids. The water was always clear, it's huge (20'x8'x4'deep), as big, or bigger, than those intex above ground pools. Well in theory it's great, but in actuality it's not working so well. The plants must have paid a huge role in clarity. Plus this is an extremely dry and windy year so far. Many days of 20-30mph sustained winds, and I think they're dumping excess amounts of dirt into my water. All I've ever used before is an upflow lava rock 55gal drum filter. Suggestions on how to get the dirt out of the water? All I have is a 2000gph pump, and my lava filter. Any other ideas suggestions? Bryan Go to a pool store and ask them about proper filtration for a swimming pool. After all, swimming pools, even with proper filtration, require lots of added chemicals to keep them clean and clear. ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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Pond - Pool advice
Bryan wrote:
So the thoughts turned on turning my pond into a pool for my kids. If it's to be a kiddy pool you'll need to chlorinate - or empty/ fill daily. There are a variety of swimming pool filters available for clearing the water if you're really making a pool for children - and not kidding . |
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