Hey all again. Well, my pond is finally finished. Here is my story.
My original pond, small, 500 gallons. Had for about 10 years, wanted bigger hah.
Started in the beginning of June and finished 3 weeks ago. About 1400 gallons. Filled it, put in water conditioner and so far have added the beneficial bacteria each day for the 2 weeks as instructed. Just finished the last 1.5 oz yesterday. Now it says once per week. I have about 11 small goldfish. No koi. The largest fish is about 6 inches, most are around 4 so not overloaded by any means. I had the fish in a 200 gallon holding tank and I added them in about a week ago.
I have the Easypro 11 by 11 pond kit. I have the filter pads and a bag of 660 bio balls in my bio filter. The skimmer has a net and brushes. No UV yet. Water has been crystal clear so far. Fish loving it. It is an all rock pond, bottom and side walls etc.
Yesterday I noticed a very fishy smell from the water, stronger from the skimmer and now green algae is starting to grow on the rocks closest to the top shelves. The algae is very green. I was thinking this was normal except for the fish smell.
Again the pond is crystal clear, fish are eating. I do have a large water lilly and some hyacinths, water plants spread out in the pond. I will try to get some pictures posted. I am going to pick up a water test kit this weekend but wanted to get some advice from you guys on what could be going on and what to look for. I hope I gave you guys enough info. Please let me know if you need more.
Thanks so much!!!
Brian and Lisa
My original pond, small, 500 gallons. Had for about 10 years, wanted bigger hah.
Started in the beginning of June and finished 3 weeks ago. About 1400 gallons. Filled it, put in water conditioner and so far have added the beneficial bacteria each day for the 2 weeks as instructed. Just finished the last 1.5 oz yesterday. Now it says once per week. I have about 11 small goldfish. No koi. The largest fish is about 6 inches, most are around 4 so not overloaded by any means. I had the fish in a 200 gallon holding tank and I added them in about a week ago.
I have the Easypro 11 by 11 pond kit. I have the filter pads and a bag of 660 bio balls in my bio filter. The skimmer has a net and brushes. No UV yet. Water has been crystal clear so far. Fish loving it. It is an all rock pond, bottom and side walls etc.
Yesterday I noticed a very fishy smell from the water, stronger from the skimmer and now green algae is starting to grow on the rocks closest to the top shelves. The algae is very green. I was thinking this was normal except for the fish smell.
Again the pond is crystal clear, fish are eating. I do have a large water lilly and some hyacinths, water plants spread out in the pond. I will try to get some pictures posted. I am going to pick up a water test kit this weekend but wanted to get some advice from you guys on what could be going on and what to look for. I hope I gave you guys enough info. Please let me know if you need more.
Thanks so much!!!
Brian and Lisa