This is the first spring that my pond has been; I feel well established; 2nd year overall with my pond. I had planned on scooping most of the leaves off the bottom of the pond this spring anyway but I have noticed that they are all slowly rising to the top. Is this normal? I don't mind them floating to the top, it makes my life easier cleaning them up and the fish don't seem to mind or be affected in any way. I don't remember last spring any leaves floating to the surface, nothing like this year.
Dead leaves floating too top?
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Ive never heard of that.
Do you have an awful lot of leaves in there?
Could the fish be stirring them up?
Do you have an awful lot of leaves in there?
Could the fish be stirring them up?
I get my pond bottom cleaned up in the spring by sprinkling sodium per carbonate on the pond surface. The result is the same - the debris all floats to the top. Not sure what the process is, but you must have something similar going on.
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It creates co2.
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Is that high concentration of CO2 safe for fish?
I can just imagine those poor fish gasping for oxygen.
Ive noticed tiny bubbles starting to form on the liner. Im assuming that is CO2, am i correct in that assumption? The fish don't seem to be affected at all. I do have a constant flow of fresh, new water into the pond so the fish probably don't even know theres anything wrong. Is this something that should go away as the summer goes on? Theres not many leaves left to float to the top.