water clarity

My husband and I put in a pond last weekend. See the pictures in this thread:

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/514096/

We accidentally kicked in mud/clay (that's all our soil is) while setting the rocks. How long was it before most of you had clear water? I just was hoping the pond would clear on it's own and we wouldn't need to drain it and fill it again.

No I wouldnt drain it. How long it will take will depend on what type of filtration you have and the amt of clay in the water. IT should eventually settle on its own, I would think.

What type of recirculation/filtration system do you have in place? That will accellerate the filtering process.

Our pond was not fully clear for a few weeks, and then.... the algae came, and we begged for just dirty water.

Now we have all of that under control, we can enjoy it. It is a constant biological struggle to get the balance just right. And we've done it organically.

melanie

TxMel,

We have a pressure filter: combo of both mechanical and biological filtration. I realize the mechanical is what should filter out the colloid clay. We also have a waterfall. I don't think we'll have much of an algae problem; our filter has a UV light for that.

Yes, I love my UV. You may have some string algea especially until you get the water balanced but at least you wont have green water :) I wouldnt refill the pond, with your filtration it will clear in time.

Aggiecorgi,
I posted to you that my pond cleared up on its own, and it did, but I also have heard that if you activated carcoal to filter it the water clears faster.