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| Hi,
I have a 3k gallon pond with a waterfall/stream and skimmer filter system. And yes, rocks covering the bottom. I'm trying to decide if I need to do a major cleaning in order to clean out possible debris. The pond seems in balance, water is clear, Koi do well,frogs, plants etc.... The problem is re-occurring mulm or sediment keeps covering rocks on bottom and walls. I use a Pond-O-Vac to clean throughly and then in a weeks time the fine mulm / sediment covers the rocks again?? Last year I found soil was getting washed into pond from a heavy rainfall, I took all border rocks away and cleaned it out and fixed problem. I use quilting batting in both filters, watefall & skimmer which work excellent and AC if water gets root beer color. But the mulm keeps coming back. I thought removing the koi and draining in order to vacuum bottom would work, any thoughts before I start?? Thank,
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| I got rid of my rock for just that reason, too hard to clean, but maybe someone with rocks will have some suggestions. If you drain and clean your pond, your water will take a while to 'cycle' and you can probably expect an algae bloom. And, unfortunately the mulm will return shortly anyway, no way to avoid it. |
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