Recent content by Steve B

To all of you who took the time to make suggestions, many many thanks. So here is where I am. I let the pond sit for about a week and then introduced bacteria/enzymes. Within another few days the water cleared completely. I still have the residue of the algae carcasses which looks like a...

No, are these carp related to the ones that are taking over the Great lakes. I'll ask about this but a 4foot fish needs a lot of food!!!! Thanks though.

TPF Lifetime, I was desperate...that's why I shocked my pond. Your pond is very beautiful. But I started with a pond that is 10,000 sq ft in surface and 126000 gallons. So when it turned green overnight, we tried many things. Multiple treatments of Copper Algaecide and Endothal over...

I plan to first put in some plantings, lilypad, lotus etc and eventually koi. But I know that I have to get the water free of chlorine and other chemicals before I can do this. I'm going to ask my pondguy to look into the sump pump/sand filter. Do you know of a flocculent that would work and...

Dave J, yes the liner is EPDM-45mil. Here's some additional info that could help. I got down on my belly and examined the stone bulkhead to this pond. The white "stuff" was on the stone too. But it came off. It was white fluffy stuff that had definitely bleached out. I then got to a part...

The water is unnatural in the context of pond. I,d like to get rid of this pool color blue. If it is staining on the liner it is perfectly uniform as if painted white(liner is black). I will try the vitamin C idea tomorrow and take a pic. Many thanks for the ideas.

Hi- This will be a confessional for me but I need help from those of you who are knowledgeable about the chemistry of water quality. So I have a POND, a new pond, fairly large 126,000 gallons with a fountain that circulates the water once each day ie 126000 gal/ day. NO FISH. When the pond...