New Pond SOS - Pumps & Filtering

[poconojoe]

Here are the mesh bags I use:

Amazon.com : Aquascape Aquatic Lily Plant Pots for Pond and Water Garden, 14-inch x 7-inch, Black, 2-Pack | 98929 : Aquarium Planters : Garden & Outdoor

Amazon.com : Aquascape Aquatic Lily Plant Pots for Pond and Water Garden, 14-inch x 7-inch, Black, 2-Pack | 98929 : Aquarium Planters : Garden & Outdoor

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And the pure clay kitty litter you can usually find in your local supermarket or Walmart. It's usually the cheapest type. The one we buy is fragrance free Kitty Diggins. Ingredients: fullers earth (which is bentonite clay) 7 pound bag for $1.29...pretty cheap!

 

[GBBUDD]

Ammonia isn't just from animal deaths it can come front plant death as well. look at a plant that didn't survive the winter and the tubular are rotting away lift that root mass out of the water in july and take a wiff. You may have inadvertently introduced even some stagnate water from the garden hose from last year. Good news is it shouldn't take much to correct the problem