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cool_pete Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 23 Votes: 1 Registered: 14-May-2004	i have fish pond i wouldn't like to say how many gallons it is, but there is a quite alot with some koi and gold fish, and well the water always green we have to cover the pond but it ruins the look of pond so anyone got any idea of how to clean it up.
Posted 17-Jul-2007 20:37
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Sounds like some excess nutrients in the water, do you have any plants? ^_^
Posted 18-Jul-2007 01:06
cool_pete Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 23 Votes: 1 Registered: 14-May-2004	no plants... we told koi wont like plants in pond, don't know if that true
Posted 18-Jul-2007 08:14
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Hmm I don't know if that's true or not, but if I think of all the koi ponds I've seen I've seen them with plants. Usually some type of lillies or rush plants. Unfortunatly our koi expert koi keeper has been away on family matters for a long time ^_^
Posted 20-Jul-2007 09:43
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Look for marginal plants, ones that like to have their feet wet but aren't meant to be fully underwater. Often they'll come in aquatic-safe potting mix, but do check beforehand. You can set them up on stacks of bricks or an upturned terracotta pot, depending on your liner etc. With just their roots in the water they can suck out the nutrients without upsetting the koi For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 20-Jul-2007 13:13
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003	I had the same problem with my green water in my pond, I added some hornwort and some duck weed and it is now crystal clear. the goldfish don't bother the hornwort but they do eat the duck weed The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
Posted 20-Jul-2007 17:46
cool_pete Fingerling Posts: 28 Kudos: 23 Votes: 1 Registered: 14-May-2004	thank for all the advise, just got convince every one else that good idea
Posted 20-Jul-2007 21:25
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Ah that's easy, just hand them two glasses of water, one from the pond one that's clear and ask them which one they'd like to have for the rest of their lives Good luck Side note, good to know any goldfish I get will have a munch on the duckweed. We got a tiny bit for the silver dollars, and, well, it's grown like a weed..... ^_^
Posted 22-Jul-2007 14:53


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