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we just moved into a house with a lovely 1000 gallon pond out back, with a waterfall and skimmer and two giant frogs and a handful of goldfish. its definitely a few years old? when we got it, it was completely defunct and i have spent the past 6 months learning all about it. happily it seems really well balanced and the water quality has been fairly good throughout.
after clearing back and repotting all the overgrown irises, and doing a water change, we started running the skimmer every day. i noticed immediately that the water level would fall quickly when the skimmer ran, and recaulked a spot in the waterfall where water was getting in between the liner and the basin. then i noticed we had a slow leak down to the second set of screws on the skimmer faceplate. spent last weekend re-screwing and glueing the skimmer faceplate, filled up the pond and was excited to have a gorgeous, full pond!
i was hoping to spend my time figuring out how to repair the non-functional fountain, but... the water has dropped by two inches this week. i thought it might be the faceplate again but it seems like the water level drops when the skimmer is running, not when it is off. what on earth could it be? and what is the next step? should i hire a professional at this point, and is that sort of thing very expensive? or keep on going?
after clearing back and repotting all the overgrown irises, and doing a water change, we started running the skimmer every day. i noticed immediately that the water level would fall quickly when the skimmer ran, and recaulked a spot in the waterfall where water was getting in between the liner and the basin. then i noticed we had a slow leak down to the second set of screws on the skimmer faceplate. spent last weekend re-screwing and glueing the skimmer faceplate, filled up the pond and was excited to have a gorgeous, full pond!
i was hoping to spend my time figuring out how to repair the non-functional fountain, but... the water has dropped by two inches this week. i thought it might be the faceplate again but it seems like the water level drops when the skimmer is running, not when it is off. what on earth could it be? and what is the next step? should i hire a professional at this point, and is that sort of thing very expensive? or keep on going?