adding bactieria and shutting down uv ?....

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just added bacteiria into filters and from what I hear the uv should be shut off to let it colonize a bit , no fish in pond yet , planning on a few this weekend, how long should uv stay off ?
 
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just added bacteiria into filters and from what I hear the uv should be shut off to let it colonize a bit , no fish in pond yet , planning on a few this weekend, how long should uv stay off ?
 
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From what I understand - you must have fish to get the process started. There waste is an important part of the process. Nothing will happen without the fish.
But, yeah I did turn uv off for a day or two while the bacteria to colonize.
 
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From what I understand - you must have fish to get the process started. There waste is an important part of the process. Nothing will happen without the fish.
But, yeah I did turn uv off for a day or two while the bacteria to colonize.
 

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add the bacteiria go to the pet store and buy 20 large feeder gold fish
and turn off the uv for 48 hours or even 3 days if the water gets a little green
that will be fine because once u put the light back on the water will clear up agian but 3qtkidz is right
 

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add the bacteiria go to the pet store and buy 20 large feeder gold fish
and turn off the uv for 48 hours or even 3 days if the water gets a little green
that will be fine because once u put the light back on the water will clear up agian but 3qtkidz is right
 

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