Posts Tagged ‘Clean’

Hello,
I have a very small pond, maybe 70 gallons. . . It is in the middle of our patio and has 3 large waterfalls going into it with a small stream with another 3 small waterfalls. . .
To help keep it clean, I am putting tube socks over the intake valves on the pumps. . . While we never plotted on any wild life, a frog went in, and we want to make sure he is healthy.
The water gets a small stinky because he eats a ton. . . I am considering putting in some plants. Will this make the water dirtier or cleaner? I have been changing the water weekly and adding some of the stuff from my aquarium to de-chlorinate it. .
Are Plants a excellent or terrible thought?

We have no source of water coming into the pond except when it rains. We did buy a large pump to try to agitate the water some. Someone suggested carp or catfish, will this help clean it up??

I have large pond in my back garden with mixture of koi fish. last year i bought a Bermuda filter with UV light and a pump. During the winter i turned the pump off, but recently i have noticed the pond is covered with blanket weed and the water has turned green. What could i do to keep the water fresh and clean as i don’t want to remove the fishes to clean the pond water out.

If you have a gorgeous pond, then you need to be able to maintain it and if you have fish in it all the more reason to help them stay healthy and alive. Fish need a lot of clean water as well as oxygen buying one of the pond pumps would be a worthwhile investment. Before you gout and buy one, make sure you familiarize yourself with all the pond supplies that are available in the market. Perhaps you would also require one of the pond filters to help you keep the water in the pond clean so that your fish thrive and multiply. The pond pumps make sure that there is water movement in the pond and they help clean the water as well. Since the fish pond is quite different from a swimming pool using a swimming pool pump in a fish pond could be quite a waste. The flow rate is indirectly proportional to the quantity of head as more extra power is needed if you are to thrust the water up hill. Most manufacturers of pond pumps measure the maximum head they recommend for their pumps and provide you a chart which states the final rate at which the water flows at a particular feet of head pressure. Pond filters are extremely vital pond supplies if you want to have a pond which is successful.

small (less than 800 gallons) outside pond WITH FISH. Large pump that supplies the waterfall and river (20 foot long) failed and released some kind of oil that is now completely covering the surfae. . . . worried about the fish. How can I clean this up quickly and effectively/