Water Gardening: chlorox, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
Levilyla, Great looking pond!
Reguarding hubby not wanting to run the pump 24/7....Turning the pump on and off may be what is causing your murky water. Just speaking from my experience, I used to turn off my pump in the skimmer to pull out the filter and clean it, but not anymore. When the pump is off, the water level drops. The pump feeds up to a biofilter waterfall, and when it was turned on again, the water pushing up through the bio-falls displaced a lot of muck and dumped it into the pond. Also when it rains really hard it will also displace some of the top debris in the biofall and cause a temporary cloudy state. We have aquired a balance with the adding bacteria and dechlorinator when adding tap water. Good luck with your pond .....call to the electric company!
Sheila


This message was edited Jul 10, 2005 12:25 AM