hertelbr
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- Southeast lower Michigan
OK all you pond experts I have one for you. Here's the info: I have an 11' x16' aquascapes pond kit that I installed 2 years ago. (As a side note) I had a huge problem with string algae partly due to the type of rock I used for the pond. I used Michigan Grindstone which is a Limestone product that is blue-grey in color, because of the high pH of the rock my string alge bloom was terrible it was over everything. I tried copper sulfate and my Koi and Comets did not like that at all, they got very sluggish w/ no appetite. I then tried sea salt at about 3 lbs. per 100 gal., within a week it was completely gone, w/ no ill effects to fish or plant material. My latest problem is that I am losing water when my waterfall is going, it operates 24/7 and after a fill up the night before the skimmer is very low by morning and the level is down. The pond will operate at this low level just fine, but the pump is sucking some air. The pond level will not change if the pump is off, so,, no leak in the pond liner. So I have a leak in the falls and stream right? Nope not that either. Over the weekend I removed the lava rock and filter material from the bio-falls, and waa laa my level has not changed a bit in three days with the pump going. So I digress, why am I losing 100 gal. overnite w/ the filter material in and none if it is out. Incidentally I have not cleaned the biofalls filters in the 2 years I have had it. This might be a problem but they did not look that dirty and where in the #$&* is the water going? There are no visible leaks around the falls and stream.
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