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Welcome to our adventures
in ponding. |
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We started digging our pond in April of 2001. At the same time
we redid out backyard too. It seems that I am continually making
changes to the pond. I would really like to make it bigger or even
put in another pond, but I don't think that my dear husband will
be very supportive of this venture.
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Jordan and our great
green pond. This is a picture of our pond the first spring and
we are having and algae bloom due to lack of plant cover and an overabundance
of nutrients. Plant cover should be right around 60% of the pond surface. |
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To help combat the algae we put in a filter
made out of a 55 gallon food grade barrel filled with red rock. If
you use red rock be sure to rinse this off really well, if not you
will have red water for a while. |
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We used this filter for two years and it
was not quite large enough to handle the fish load and we never did
achieve a clear pond like I want. So this year we took the lava rock
filter out and put in a 150 gallon rubber maid skippy filter filled
with floor scrubber pads. So far this is working out great. We have
pretty clear water. Not gin clear yet, but I am hoping that this filter
will be able to handle the waste load. |
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New Filter Picture Here |
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Here is a close up of the new
skippy filter. If you would like to build one here is a link to Skippy's
Filter. Here you can get a list of what you will need to build
your own filter. Along with being able to purchase bacteria and enzymes
if you like to use that kind of thing. |
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