Water Gardening: Cleaning out pond, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
Yes, watch out for the critters when cleaning a pond. Here is a dragonfly that just crawled out of the pond and shed his outer coating and is alowing his wings to unfold and dry.

edited to say: You can avoid a lot of the clean out by putting a net across the top of your pond when the leaves are falling. Also a pump will keep your water flowing, but you must have a filter to keep the water clear. Adding regular treatments of powdered bacterial sets up a eco-system in your filter making it safe for fish by keeping nitrates down.

This message was edited Feb 2, 2006 11:30 PM