Beneficial bacteria

[gigigreen]

Just had to have my pond drained & cleaned, which did take away all of the natural bacteria in it. Should I add beneficial bacteria back into the pond?

 

[Lisak1]

Why did you "have to"?

When you say "cleaned" do you mean power washed or just rinsed out?

Is the filter still running?

 

[gigigreen]

they did power wash it and yes the filter is still running
if i need to add bene bacteria; would you recommend using MicrobeLift Pl or Aquascape, the powder one?

 

[WaterGardener]

There should be enough bacteria in your filter. No need to add anything else, and from what I understand, the bottled bacteria isn't the type you need.

Beneficial bacteria for the nitrogen cycle needs air, food (ammonia) and the right temperature to survive and grow. It can't live in a sealed bottle on a shelf.

 

[GBBUDD]

When I have had some algae issues I have done a couple things one increase the oxygen level to the pond ,/ system . In the spring I did try Nualgi and that has visual results where algae would start to bubble and rise. Eventually loosing it's grip on the rocks and floating to the surface.

This year I have added a Bakki shower which is oxygenating the water without the use of extra energy. Added my Nualgi which did it's usual in spots where hair was present. But this year I have added BB and between the three I can't say which is the cause. The pond looks just a little better than it has previously. While the sealed bottle is not my first choice I went with the powder.
I know from friends who brew there own brew . The powder can certainly help things come alive feeding the bacteria,/ yeast in their case . So I figured I would give the BB a shot. Thus far I am not disappointed.

 

[gigigreen]

Why did you "have to"?

When you say "cleaned" do you mean power washed or just rinsed out?

Is the filter still running?

The pond has a layer of round flat rocks all on the bottom. It was very dirty and I needed help in cleaning it up. The people that cleaned it did a complete cleaning with power washer on the waterfall. We are putting our house on the market and need it to be thoroughly cleaned. I realize that it's probably not beneficial to do this, but I needed to in this situation.

 

[GBBUDD]

Lessen your fish load if you have koi re-home them and toss in gold fish.. and cut wayyyyyy back on feeding.

 

[Lisak1]

Unfortunately a full pond cleaning may make it look worse, not better. The pond now is back to new pond status which often means “green pond status”