Pond is up and running

[trkyhntr]

:bowdown:Thanks for the quilt advice Bunnymp, I have washed that and the skimmer pad both each of the last 2 days and am getting lots of that clay color coming out. The water already looks better.:icon_smile: I'm adding some beneficial bacteria this weekend. Is there any place in particular that I should be putting the bacteria?

DrDave: your comment about runoff got me thinking, so I turned on my garden hose and ran it near several areas around the pond. I found out that there is a low spot next to my skimmer where i watched the run-off flow into the pond carrying with it that lovely gray clay color. This weekend I plan on building that area up to keep the run-off out. Every where else seems to be high enough that no water can flow into pond.

 

[bunnymp]

It is looking better already.
Slowly sprinkle the bacteria in front of the skimmer basket.

 

[trkyhntr]

Here is a picture of our pond almost one year later

 

[koiguy1969]

looking real good there!!!

 

[Stouty109]

its that clean with all thoes rock in their. looks great

 

[DrCase]

Real nice pond you got there ..

 

[stroppy]

a rearly lovely pond ...and plants are doing real well
whats that large blue like daisy flower in the front ... its very pretty

 

[stroppy]

ps

did you build a bio filter ?

 

[trkyhntr]

The blue flower in the front is a tropical lily "Rhonda Kaye"
It is one of my favorites ...blooming like crazy with a wonderful fragrance too

 

[stroppy]

its lovely .. but bet you cant get it here in the uk ... but im going to have a look around see if i can

 

[DrDave]

Very nice! I hope those rocks in the foreground are the only ones you have to clean around.

 

[trkyhntr]

Actually there are a lot of rocks in our pond.We intend to remedy that by removing most of them. I haven't had any trouble yet, but with the pond being less than one year old not sure if the real trouble has started yet.I know that removing the majority of the gravel will help, but we plan on leaving some of the larger rocks to act as hiding places for our fish and just to make it appear more natural. Should be WAY easier to keep clean then