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#1 tony0010

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Posted 02 August 2010 - 03:47 PM

im wanting to salt my pond for 3 weeks just to clear a little cotton wool up and wot evers causing it my question is should i take my plants and snails out while im doing it
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 05:16 PM

Tony July is over, what are doing over there?
.1% is ok with plants and maybe the snails.
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#3 tony0010

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Posted 02 August 2010 - 10:04 PM

DrDave said:

Tony July is over, what are doing over there?
.1% is ok with plants and maybe the snails.

ok thanks ill put the snails in somet else my move to america. is now happening on september 7th as i save £200 on flight getting the pond rite for my mam to take over
tony
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1 dog
moving to the states in july and cant wait

#4 addy1

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Posted 02 August 2010 - 11:18 PM

Welcome to the states! in the future
Link to how to do our pond via a live feed, if it is down, it is probably because I am out there working............lol
http://www.gardenpon...0929#entry90929

Here is a link to a page full of free pond calculators: (excel spread sheet calculators)
http://www.garden-po...calculators.htm

A good read on pond water chemistry
http://users.vcnet.c...H2Oquality.html

My pond still a work in progress:
http://www.gardenpon...10-a-t5885.html
The build: pond showcase
http://www.gardenpon...pond-t8233.html

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