j.w
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If I was to build again and it was to be a pond as we build here not a raised rectangle . i would place the aerator close to the falls off in a corner and close to the wall so the flow only pushes away from the wall. and when i say close to the wall i am talking inches. this way the air only runs up the wall and all pushes off in one direction which being close to the falls is the same push that the falls is doing.Ok. Think fish are going to arrive this week. Just need to find a window time big enough to pick them up and get them situated in the pond.
Meanwhile, having trouble with aeration. The diffuser at the front of the pond blocks debris from getting over the negative edge weir. Bottom of pond is quite narrow, so nowhere to put it on bottom that fixes the problem.
Possible solutions:
What do you all think?
- Easy: Toggle aeration on an hourly timer. One hour on to aerate. One hour off to clear debris (or another interval that works better). This is what I'm currently doing.
- Easy: Move the diffuser to a higher shelf. Degrades performance, but might get the bubbles out of the way.
- Hard: Route the bubbles out of the way. Devise some contraption out of large PVC pipe (or similar) to put the diffuser in. Seal one end and route the other to another location out of the way.
I think I wanna know what kind of aerator you’re using! Mine is laaaaaaaaaame! Need a new one. My air pump is likely fine but the diffuser stinks
That's the diffuser we've been using. - it gets clogged so fast. I seems to ATTRACT gunk to it, which is the exact opposite of what you would expect. When we first installed it, we got active, vigorous bubbling. Now it's just glub, blub, glub. We've replaced it several times with the same result - works great for a few weeks, but we barely get through a season before it's back to barely bubbling.
Great to hear. I wish there was an easier way to fertilize the lillies. One of these days I am going to make @GBBUDD day by falling in because I leaned over too much to get the stupid fertilizer tab in the planter.Ammonia back down to 0. All the plants are putting up lots of blossoms.
Except the lilies. I didn't fertilize them at all this year and they've struggled. Much smaller and weak looking than last year.
String algae starting to grow back in the shallow areas. It's the slimy stuff now. Not fibrous like before.
Spent most the weekend in the pond. No bites yet!
Once a year, 1/4 cup osmocote under the litter. They bloom all summer.Great to hear. I wish there was an easier way to fertilize the lillies. One of these days I am going to make @GBBUDD day by falling in because I leaned over too much to get the stupid fertilizer tab in the planter.
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