What is the deal with the brown 'stuff' on the rocks in the pond? I have a clarifier and the water is clear. But the rocks are nasty brown. I used the pressure washer and cleaned up the pond and drained most last week and the brown stuff is right back on the rock. I have a few small fish in my small pond but how do I get rid of this brown stuff on the rock? I can turn a rock over and it's clean -
kathy
brown pond muck
Hi Kathy,
I'm not sure, but doesn't the clarifier make all the "stuff" in the water clump together and sink. Maybe it keeps clumping and landing on the rocks. Just a thought.
Edited to say that I put quilting batting in my skimmer and pull out all kinds of nasty brown stuff about every 3 days or so. I use it as filter material. After 3 days I hang it on the fence and quirt all the brown out and then put it right back in the skimmer. Works great.
Crystal
This message was edited Jun 1, 2008 9:01 PM
What a great idea. I bet that's exactly what I need to do. I don't have a skimmer. I have a pondless waterfall system. The basin holds about 550 gallons but has heavy plastic barrels in the bottom with large holes drilled so it's basically a shell vs. barrel. Small rock on top. The skimmer keeps water clear but the rocks are another issue. I will probably just put a fish aquarium filter at the entrance to the water fall to catch the muck. That may work.