Save A Pond - Keep It Away From Me :) - March 13th, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I have a pond that I put in last year. I had trouble maintaining it because I was pregnant and HUGE. I had my baby in July. We had a lot of family issues - a suicide the day before the baby was born - a person moving into our home for 3 months with two dogs (on top of our 4) - the new baby - my bouncing hormones...needless to say my poor pond took a back seat. I tried my best but it just didn't get me anywhere.
One problem I just found I had was the fact that I was guessing my pond couldn't be more than 250 gallons. After buying pond stuff to clean it this year they had a size calculator - my pond is almost 540 gallons - which explains why I treated it with stuff last year with no affects.
I've raked a bunch of junk out of it and treated it with clear-zyme. It says to treat it once a week for a month to clean out nasty ponds. Tomorrow will be my second treatment.
If my pond is to far gone will I have to empty it and start over? I hate to do that because I don't want my fish to die. He was the lone survivor from last year. If I do have to empty it how can I insure his safety and how soon should I empty it out? I might be able to put him in a 5 gal bucket or something.
Any ideas - I need all the help I can get...
One problem I just found I had was the fact that I was guessing my pond couldn't be more than 250 gallons. After buying pond stuff to clean it this year they had a size calculator - my pond is almost 540 gallons - which explains why I treated it with stuff last year with no affects.
I've raked a bunch of junk out of it and treated it with clear-zyme. It says to treat it once a week for a month to clean out nasty ponds. Tomorrow will be my second treatment.
If my pond is to far gone will I have to empty it and start over? I hate to do that because I don't want my fish to die. He was the lone survivor from last year. If I do have to empty it how can I insure his safety and how soon should I empty it out? I might be able to put him in a 5 gal bucket or something.
Any ideas - I need all the help I can get...