Water Gardening: unsuccessful pond clean-out :(, 1 by earthwormlover

earthwormlover wrote:
Beautiful pond! I agree with you about the biological system. I have been keeping fish tanks indoors for years and understand the value of microbes and aerating the water. We shan't leave the pump off for long. We did pump about 150 gallons of water out and into 50 gallon barrels and then put that water back. Our water isn't chlorinated, so the system should be able to reestablish itself shortly. I do agree we will probably have a period of time where levels of nitrogen spike, but hopefully it will be okay. We only have four small fish in a 600 gallon pond. I did start a thread with a photo of the pond this morning. I'll post here too since my other photo showed only the water and sediment, not the whole thing ;) Hopefully, the water will clear up soon.