I purchased a house in MI. USA late fall and it has an open loop geothermal system which pumps water from a well through the heat exchanger in the furnace then dumps it to a decorative pond. It has an overflow drain in the pump chamber that feeds two larger holding ponds. the decorative pond has a nice design with two waterfalls, and I hope to add some fish this spring. I know there were some lily pads and tons of frogs, but I'm not sure what others plants were present. It was not protected from leaves last fall and is quite full of debris. It never developed ice over the surface due to the constant flow of water but it did develop quite a bit of algae.
I'm not new to water chemistry and have kept fish only and planted tanks for the last 20 years.
What steps should I take this spring to rehab the pond? It's a unique situation because when the furnace or air conditioner is on the water is flowing through the pond. Anything I add will simply be washed away, but yet there will periods of time from 1 day to maybe a month or more where no new water will be added.
My initial plan is to drain most of the water and shovel the debris out. I plan to add some biological type filtration but I doubt I need it with the two waterfalls. For livestock I will start with something inexpensive because I did notice a mink catching frogs over the winter.
Thanks for your help
I'm not new to water chemistry and have kept fish only and planted tanks for the last 20 years.
What steps should I take this spring to rehab the pond? It's a unique situation because when the furnace or air conditioner is on the water is flowing through the pond. Anything I add will simply be washed away, but yet there will periods of time from 1 day to maybe a month or more where no new water will be added.
My initial plan is to drain most of the water and shovel the debris out. I plan to add some biological type filtration but I doubt I need it with the two waterfalls. For livestock I will start with something inexpensive because I did notice a mink catching frogs over the winter.
Thanks for your help