Hi,
I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping someone can help point me in the right direction. I have a 1000 to 1500 pond which I have acquired when moving into my house in summer of 2007. I have been learning by experience, things seemed to have going well for me with this new hobby until this year. The pond has a large 6 foot waterfall which falls into a 30 foot stream area and then to a small waterfall which leads into an 8'x6' round pond. Currently the pond has one lagre pump which cycles about 1000 gallons ph underground and up to a Tetra green round bio filter which is placed behind the large waterfall. I have a pvc connection that comes up from the ground and rises to the bio filter and another hose which leads dirctly in the waterfalls. I can adjust the flow to each. This year I had to replace on of the connections due to leakage and crack. Now I am getting very good flow to both the waterfall and filter as compared to 2007-2008. Just a little history bear with me. The summer of 2007 & 8 the flow was less coming from the filter and fall. This year my flow is very good between the two I believe that this is a result of the adjustments I have made with the flow control values and replacing one them. My problem is that this year since the end of Arpil I went from a crystle clear pond to a murky cloudy water, my fish are doing well but I have not been able to see to the bottom in over two months. I have also noticed that foam is forming at times in the pond area, it comes and goes. In the spring frogs laid eggs in a small plant at the base of the pond and I had very small tadpoles all over, this was around the same time that my pond went cloudy. I can not see if the tadpoles are at the bottom since I can not see to the bottom. I am not using a UV filter. The pond does not receive much sun in the summer because of large trees. I feed the fish 2 to 3 times daily and I recently checked my filter pads for blockage everythis seems oK. In adavance thanks for any help. I very much want to clear up the water so I can see whats going on in my pond. Thanks
Charles R
PA.
I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping someone can help point me in the right direction. I have a 1000 to 1500 pond which I have acquired when moving into my house in summer of 2007. I have been learning by experience, things seemed to have going well for me with this new hobby until this year. The pond has a large 6 foot waterfall which falls into a 30 foot stream area and then to a small waterfall which leads into an 8'x6' round pond. Currently the pond has one lagre pump which cycles about 1000 gallons ph underground and up to a Tetra green round bio filter which is placed behind the large waterfall. I have a pvc connection that comes up from the ground and rises to the bio filter and another hose which leads dirctly in the waterfalls. I can adjust the flow to each. This year I had to replace on of the connections due to leakage and crack. Now I am getting very good flow to both the waterfall and filter as compared to 2007-2008. Just a little history bear with me. The summer of 2007 & 8 the flow was less coming from the filter and fall. This year my flow is very good between the two I believe that this is a result of the adjustments I have made with the flow control values and replacing one them. My problem is that this year since the end of Arpil I went from a crystle clear pond to a murky cloudy water, my fish are doing well but I have not been able to see to the bottom in over two months. I have also noticed that foam is forming at times in the pond area, it comes and goes. In the spring frogs laid eggs in a small plant at the base of the pond and I had very small tadpoles all over, this was around the same time that my pond went cloudy. I can not see if the tadpoles are at the bottom since I can not see to the bottom. I am not using a UV filter. The pond does not receive much sun in the summer because of large trees. I feed the fish 2 to 3 times daily and I recently checked my filter pads for blockage everythis seems oK. In adavance thanks for any help. I very much want to clear up the water so I can see whats going on in my pond. Thanks
Charles R
PA.