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I have a pond in my yard probably 250 gallons. It has 9 big gold fish
in it from the previous owner. Without fail every year about this time, I've been told due to heat and sunshine, the pond gets really nasty. What should I use to keep it clear and clean? |
backyard fiasco
wrote in message oups.com... I have a pond in my yard probably 250 gallons. It has 9 big gold fish in it from the previous owner. Without fail every year about this time, I've been told due to heat and sunshine, the pond gets really nasty. What should I use to keep it clear and clean? Bleach |
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message ... *NOTE: There are two Koi-Lo's on this NG* wrote in message oups.com... I have a pond in my yard probably 250 gallons. It has 9 big gold fish in it from the previous owner. Without fail every year about this time, I've been told due to heat and sunshine, the pond gets really nasty. What should I use to keep it clear and clean? ================== You're pond is too small for that many goldfish. Five adults would be better. You should have a pump and filter running 24/7 to filter and aerate the water. Is there a lot of debris and mulm on the bottom? If so, that should be removed. You may want to consider something to partially shade it as well, such as a water lily at one end. Carol Gulley plagiarized this from a website. -- Koi-Lo.... Frugal ponding since 1995. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 I do not post from Earthlink.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö -- Koi-Lo.... Frugal ponding since 1995. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 I do not post from Earthlink.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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On 14 May 2006 16:23:21 -0700, " wrote:
I have a pond in my yard probably 250 gallons. It has 9 big gold fish in it from the previous owner. Without fail every year about this time, I've been told due to heat and sunshine, the pond gets really nasty. What should I use to keep it clear and clean? Do you have a filter, aeration, waterfall, fountain? Anything moving the water? What kind of plants, if any. ~ janj -------------- See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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I have both a waterfall and a filter, all of the fish seem to be fine
in the pond. When I say 250 gallons, Im assuming. Two plants that creat some shade, but minimal. Somebody metioned bleach? Wouldn't that kill the fish? When I have the waterfall and the filter fountain pumping it still gets nasty. |
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On 14 May 2006 18:26:26 -0700, " wrote:
I have both a waterfall and a filter, all of the fish seem to be fine in the pond. When I say 250 gallons, Im assuming. Two plants that creat some shade, but minimal. Somebody metioned bleach? Wouldn't that kill the fish? Yes, that would be our neighborhood troll, just killfilter that one. When I have the waterfall and the filter fountain pumping it still gets nasty. Hmmm, maybe you need to describe "nasty". ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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nasty being algae growth, water clarity gets bad.
Unfortunately, I travel alot and Im not able to maintain the pond as much as I probably should. Is there something that I could do to maintain good quality, without constant supervision? |
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Nope Bleach is fine........its water soluable, and I Use it on my koi
and in my ponds all the time. On 14 May 2006 18:26:26 -0700, " wrote: I have both a waterfall and a filter, all of the fish seem to be fine in the pond. When I say 250 gallons, Im assuming. Two plants that creat some shade, but minimal. Somebody metioned bleach? Wouldn't that kill the fish? When I have the waterfall and the filter fountain pumping it still gets nasty. ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! "The original frugal ponder.."Since my statements are given freely, take em or leave em, I am entitled to my opinion none the less. My opinion and $1 is still only worth $1.....but I am entitled to "MY" opinion... ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o |
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Now if only Carol will drink Bleach.
"Koi-Lo" wrote in message ... Nope Bleach is fine........its water soluable, and I Use it on my koi and in my ponds all the time. On 14 May 2006 18:26:26 -0700, " wrote: I have both a waterfall and a filter, all of the fish seem to be fine in the pond. When I say 250 gallons, Im assuming. Two plants that creat some shade, but minimal. Somebody metioned bleach? Wouldn't that kill the fish? When I have the waterfall and the filter fountain pumping it still gets nasty. ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! "The original frugal ponder.."Since my statements are given freely, take em or leave em, I am entitled to my opinion none the less. My opinion and $1 is still only worth $1.....but I am entitled to "MY" opinion... ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o -- Koi-Lo.... Frugal ponding since 1995. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 I do not post from Earthlink.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
backyard fiasco WARNING: Deadly advice given ponder by Carol Adamo Gulley
"Harry Happel" wrote in message . .. Deadly advice given to ponder by Carol Adamo Gulley Mt. Juliet TN, aka Koi-Lo =============== Path: bigbe1.bellsouth.net!bigfeed.bellsouth.net!bigfeed 2.bellsouth.net!news.bells outh.net!news.glorb.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net !stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.pas .earthlink.net.POSTED!0731 b46b!not-for-mail From: lid (Roy Hauer) Newsgroups: rec.ponds Subject: backyard fiasco Organization: Dālmāniō© © Zircon Reply-To: lid Message-ID: ROY References: .com .com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 23 Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 02:51:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.255.240.74 X-Complaints-To: X-Trace: newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net 1147661511 4.255.240.74 (Sun, 14 May 2006 19:51:51 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 19:51:51 PDT Xref: bigfeed.bellsouth.net rec.ponds:351841 "Koi-Lo" wrote in message ... Nope Bleach is fine........its water soluable, and I Use it on my koi and in my ponds all the time. On 14 May 2006 18:26:26 -0700, " wrote: I have both a waterfall and a filter, all of the fish seem to be fine in the pond. When I say 250 gallons, Im assuming. Two plants that creat some shade, but minimal. Somebody metioned bleach? Wouldn't that kill the fish? When I have the waterfall and the filter fountain pumping it still gets nasty. ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! "The original frugal ponder.."Since my statements are given freely, take em or leave em, I am entitled to my opinion none the less. My opinion and $1 is still only worth $1.....but I am entitled to "MY" opinion... ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o -- Koi-Lo.... Frugal ponding since 1995. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 I do not post from Earthlink.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
Harry Happel aka Koi Lo,aka Harry Jines aka Carol Gulley
"-ED" wrote in message ... We're closing In on you....just keep the postings a little bit longer. And whatever you do, don't answer the door tommorrow. =============== Roy Hauer of AL is also illegally using someone else's real e-mail address on his obscene messages. -- Me~ Koi-Lo.... Troll Information: http://tinyurl.com/9zbh http://tinyurl.com/d8e4 http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/ Reading Headers: http://tinyurl.com/amm9s I do not post from Earthlink.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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nasty being algae growth, water clarity gets bad.
Unfortunately, I travel alot and Im not able to maintain the pond as much as I probably should. Is there something that I could do to maintain good quality, without constant supervision? Well, this worked for my friend's pond. Besides the waterfall (which was way too small, imo) she got one of those foaming bubbling fountains. The type that the wind won't blow it out of the pond if it comes up. Aeration is what sounds like is your best option. If not a fountain, a large air pump or 2, with good airstones would also help. Course you really should check your water quality, you may have to decrease the fish load. Nutrients are why you're having algae problems. ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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OK.... heres the solution. in the middle sit some kinda urn thing and thread a hose
from a very small slow pump up thru the center (be sure the pump can pump that high. IN THE URN put water celery and cyperus (papyrus) and water cress and anything else does well BARE ROOT in water. let the water burble up thru the roots and flow over the edge, but once the roots get established it will clean up the water. be sure the hose is really tight in the hole or sealed with silicone so the water doesnt leak out before it goes thru the roots and over the edge. Ingrid " wrote: nasty being algae growth, water clarity gets bad. Unfortunately, I travel alot and Im not able to maintain the pond as much as I probably should. Is there something that I could do to maintain good quality, without constant supervision? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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My first suggestion would be to reduce the fish population. They multiply
over time, stressing the filter. I have to reduce mine from time to time. Good luck wrote in message oups.com... I have a pond in my yard probably 250 gallons. It has 9 big gold fish in it from the previous owner. Without fail every year about this time, I've been told due to heat and sunshine, the pond gets really nasty. What should I use to keep it clear and clean? |
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