Hi all.
I'm sorry if this question has been presented before. I've been considering a pond for several years now. We had one at an old house and wanted to add an Aquascape type with a stream here. The place I'd like to put it however is right below the neighbor's locust tree. We were concerned that the tiny leaves would be bad for the pond and the skimmer would be overloaded. I have a shadecloth that i could use in the fall. So then we were considering a pondless waterfall. With this, I'm concerned about the leaves again.
How easy is a pondless waterfall to clean?
Anyone have experience with locust leaves in the pond?
Thanks
Pond or Pondless Waterfall
We have quite the stand of honey locust very near my little koi pond. I have had the koi pond for a couple of years now and have not noticed any problems. Do not have a skimmer but have a dip net used for swimming pools that I occasionally use to get the leaves out that are floating on top of the water. I have never had a pondless stream but there have been threads about it.
Leaves can be fairly easy to get out of a pondless as long as there's some water to help keep them in one area, plus wet leaves are easier to pick up than dry. But if they are tiny it may not make much difference -- I only get big maple and oak leaves so I can't really say for sure.