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Murky pond water
"unspokenchaos" wrote in message om... The water is green, we use a mechanical pond filtering system. As far as the size, I would guess somewhere around 1000-1500 gallons. We have koi. Let me know if you need any other info. Thanks so much, John Green water suggests that you have an algae problem. A mechanical filter helps remove suspended solids from the water, like dust, bits of left over fish food, leaves, fish poop. Most people in this newsgroup deploy multiple filters with different purposes to maintain water clarity and quality. 1: Mechanical filter to remove the easily removed solids, can be a screen or filter material, or just a settling chamber. 2: A biological filter, is designed to provide an area where beneficial bacteria can grow in high density to convert fish the nitrogen compounds in fish urine, from urea and ammonia to less toxic nitrate and nitrite compounds. This is often made by using window screening material, bio-balls or the green scouring pads 3: A vegetable filter. This is simply aquatic plants. Plants are higher order species are much more efficient at removing nutrients from the water, compared to algae, so they will starve out algae. Some plants, like water lilies shade the water and deny the algae the sunlight it needs. If legal in your state, try and get some water hyacinth, they are extremely efficient at their job. 4: Ultraviolet filter. This is my personal least favorite method, and I don't use one. Water from the pump is passed through a chamber that a UV lamp shining on it. The algae and anything else in the chamber is exposed to intense UV light, killing it. Snooze |
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