April 7th, 2009

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April 7th Noon Feeding

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Pond Log for April 2010

Koi Pond Log for April 2010

April 1, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. Also added three Muck Defense tabs. The water temperature is now 56 degrees. Fed the fish at noon, 4:00 pm, and 5:00 pm, very small amounts.

April 2, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. Continue to feed the fish three times a day, small amounts, about 1/8 of a cup.

April 3, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. The new lights arrived today from Fosters and Smith Aquatics. Replaced the broken set of lights, and put the other set by the water fall. Added 2 oz of blue pond tint @ 4:00 pm. Brought out the Japanese Maples from the garage. Also planted a tall grass in a big planter and placed by the pond. You can see it in the photo above in the upper left hand corner of the pond.

April 4, 2010 - Cleaned the algae off the water falls rock with a brush. Put in 2 oz of OneFix by the bridge at 4:00 pm. Ended my Cold Bacteria regiment, for now the water is getting close to using the regular beneficial bacteria.

April 5, 2010 - Cleaned off the skimmer pad and lava rock. Used a 5 gallon bucket to rinse off the lava rock. Added three tea spoons of "Regular Beneficial Bacteria" by Pond Digger to the pond. The water temperature at 7:00 pm is 60 degrees.

April 6, 2010 - Added one scoop of Koi Clay in a 5 gallon bucket into the falls.

April 7, 2010 - Did a 5 - 10% water change. Cleaned out the skimmer pads and lava rock in skimmer. Added 2 oz of OneFix. Added 5 cups of "Ultimate" water treatment. Added 6 oz of Microbe-Lift PL, this is the second Microbe Lift PL treatment.

April 9, 2010 - Scrubbed algae off the waterfall rock. There was a lot of sting algae getting started.

April 10, 2010 - Removed the lava rock from the skimmer, not sure it was worth all the effort. Cleaned the skimmer pads and replaced. Added 3 tea spoons of "Pond Digger" Beneficial Bacteria. Topped off the water level with about 100 gallons of water from my sand point well system. Purchased a new Japanese Maple today, and placed in a bucket near the pond. Looks nice. Cleaned off both sets of pond lights. Lots of algae, gross, clumpy algae. I wish I could find a way to get rid of it!

April 11,2010 - The water temperature is currently 59 degrees. Added 6 oz of Microbe-Lift PL, and also added 2 oz of OneFix to the water. Water is still crystal clear, however, starting to notice fish poop on the sides of the liner which has a fuzz of algae growing on it.

April 13, 2010 - Added several scoops of Crystal Clear Algae Off near the skimmer and the north-west side of the pond liner. A lot of algae broke loose, and I tried to scoop and scoop with my skimmer net, but I just could not get all of it. I cleaned out the skimmer pads and I hope they will do their job. Added three tablespoons of Beneficial Bacteria by the air system. The pond temperature is currently 69 degrees. Added three scoops of Koi Clay mixed in a 5-gallon bucket and poured around the pond. Took a reading this afternoon and all parameters looked withing the acceptable range. The water was a bit on the hard side, and the PH levels were good, and the nitrate and nitrite levels were on the very good side. I got that going for me. Also, took a water sample coming off the falls, and the water was crystal clear to the eye. Who knows what microscopic monsters are lurking within?

April 14, 2010 - Added 2½ oz of blue tint to pond. Also added 2 oz of OneFix. Rinsed out the skimmer pads, they got very dirty and full just during the last 24 hours. The water temperature is 67 degrees, down 2 degrees from yesterday. Added 20 oz of Pond Logic "Crystal Clear Defense" @ 9:00 pm. This is the first dose of this product.

April 15, 2010 - Did a 5% - 10% water change after school. Cleaned off the skimmer pads, very dirty again, lots of green muck. Added 3 teaspoons of beneficial bacteria. Scrubbed the algae off the waterfall rocks. Re-arranged the water fall rocks and flow from two to one tube, increased the force of the falls. Put in the mesh bag of "Nature's Choice Barley Clarifying Pellets" at the base of the waterfall.

April 16, 2010 - Tested the salt level today, and it is down from 1.1% to just 1% after yesterday's water change. New plants arrived in the mail today, and I was able to get them planted and placed in the pond. (Albescens Rush and Zebra Rush) from grassrootsnursery.com. Added two small fertilizer spikes to these new plants as well as the dwarf cattail plant. (Side note, new microwave and dishwasher were installed today, and Gary McDaniel stopped by for a visit.)

April 17, 2010 - Rinsed off the skimmer pads this morning, I forgot to do it yesterday. Luckily they weren't chocking off the pump yet, but it was getting close. Pond seems to be a bit foggy, but the water coming off the falls is crystal clear. I think the fish are up to something, if you know what I mean! I am not sure, but I think all the pollen may have something to do with the discoloration of the water as well. Off to Saturday School. Purchased some ammonia test strips (EcoSystems). Tested the pond water for ammonia levels, everything was on the safe side, registering 0 (zero) on the scale. Cut a piece of green foam filter media and placed in the skimmer to help skim out smaller pollen particles. Tried out the pool/garden hose vacuum, and was able to get quit a bit of green gunk from the sides. Will do more when I have more time. Cleaned off the pond light lenses. Added 3 teaspoons of Pond Digger Beneficial Bacteria.

April 18, 2010 - Rinsed off the cotton like filter media this AM, it was choking off the pump, but water was still flowing, but just at a low volume. Added 3 oz of blue pond tint, seemed to help a lot with the tea color. I am going to rinse off the skimmer pad again before it gets dark. I will leave the cotton-like media out of the skimmer tonight, but will add it again tomorrow morning. Added 6 oz of Microbe Lift PL, this is the third Microbe Lift PL treatment of the season.

April 19, 2010 - Rinsed off the skimmer pads early this AM. Put the clean pads back into the skimmer, along with the cotton-like filter media. I will clean them off again this afternoon. I don't want to keep the cotton-like media in the skimmer over night, for the one time I did this, it choked off the supply of water to the pump. Water was still flowing, but at a very slow rate. It has been in the lower 40s that last couple of nights.

April 20, 2010 - Rinsed off the skimmer pads after school. Placed some of the cotton-like filter media in the skimmer basket. I will clean it out early tomorrow morning.

April 21, 2010 - Rinsed off skimmer pads early this morning. Placed the cotton-like filter media in the skimmer. I will rinse them off again when I get home from school. There is still a great deal of GREEN GUNK build up on the media after a 12 hour period.

April 22, 2010 - Again, I rinsed off the skimmer at 5:00 this morning, only because I was already up, so I thought I would get it done before the cotton-like filter media, similar to this, got too clogged and choked off the pump. I have two sets of this cotton-like filter media, so when I take one out to clean and rinse off, I place the other in its place. I will try to get some photos of my skimmer area, it is a piece of work. My skimmer is actually a bucket from a cherry-picker truck. Water flows into the skimmer, through the cotton-like filter media, then through a 2" media, and then through three matala mats, black, green, blue in that order, then to the pump, and off to the 55 gallon barrel filter that I built this past fall. So I believe I have plenty of filtration and places for my beneficial bacteria to take up residence. Got home from school, and went right to work rinsing off the afternoon set of cotton-like filter media. Inserted the night-time version of the same media into the filter on top of the 2" media. Also went around the pond and inserted fertilizer spikes into the existing pond plants. I still notice a lot of algae on things. However, when I lifted up the pots from their shelf, I did see where some bacteria had been hard a work cleaning. Now, I if I could just get them to work on everything else!! Wishful thinking. Fed the Koi only once today. Added 8 oz of "Crystal Clear Defense" to the pond water after doing the afternoon cotton-like filter media rinse.

April 23, 2010 - Rinsed off the cotton-like filter media in the skimmer basket at 5:30 this morning. Still a lot of GREEN GUNK, man that stuff is gross. Replaced the dirty material with clean material. After rinsing it off, I now put the semi-clean material in my washing machine on HOT, and do a quick cycle with no soap. The media comes out very clean, and semi-dry. Fed the Koi this morning 1/8 of a cup of food. Cleaned off the skimmer media after school, and replaced with a brand new skimmer pad. Opened up the drains on both filter barrels to drain some of the sediment. Fed the Koi on more time.

April 24, 2010 - Did my regular twice daily cleaning of the cotton-like filter media. Important note: I have not had to remove my regular 2" coarse filter media since I have been using the cotton-like media placed on top of it. Also added 6 oz of Microbe Lift PL. Opened up the valves on both 55 gallon filter drums to drain the pond after about 2" of rain. Cleaned off the pond lights and replaced.

April 25 2010 - Again, did my regular twice daily cleaning of the cotton-like filter media. Noticed that the pond water is becoming much clearer.

April 26 - 2010 - I am continuing the regular daily routine of cleaning out the skimmer media twice daily. The cotton-like filter media is still collecting a lot of green gunk. I wish I knew what this stuff was, it can't be just fish waste, for there is way too much of it every day. Received an email today from the individual I ordered two more Koi. I am trying to come up with a quarantine tank, but I am not having much luck. Below are the two fish that will be here Wednesday.

My order from Dr. Foster's and Smith arrived today, including my de-foamer, electrical connection, and water testing strips for Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, PH, Hardness, and Alkalinity. I did a quick test, and all parameters were within the acceptable range. I did notice that my water was a bit on the hard side. I put 1 oz. of the pond de-foamer under the waterfalls, and withing a few minutes, all bubbles and foam were gone. I was amazed! Purchased a 45 gallon tote and some plumbing parts to put a drain on it for a quarantine tank. Now all I need is a filter for the system. I already have air stones and an air pump. The new fish arrive on Wednesday. Completed the quarantine tank build by 6:45, so about $50.00 and three hours later, I now have the tank ready and working, complete with filter, waiting for my new fish to arrive on Wednesday. See the photo below...

April 27, 2010 - Did my regular twice daily routine of cleaning out the cotton-like skimmer pads. I sure wish this green gunk would go away. The morning temperature was 48 degrees, rather cool for this time of year. I think once the water temperature goes the beneficial bacteria will take over, I HOPE! Added 2 oz of OneFix after my evening filter cleaning.

April 28, 2010 - Did the twice daily cleaning of the filter media. The new Koi arrived today, and went directly into the quarantine tank that I built on Monday. The package was delivered to the wrong house, but luckily they knew me and gave me a call. Both fish arrived in safe and good condition. They are a bit spooked, but no worse for the wear so far.

April 29, 2010 - This morning there pond was loaded with all types of seeds from my neighbor's trees.  I think I could have opened up a tree nursery with the amount of seeds that are currently blowing around.  My family has orders that if they see them in the pond, to skim them out.  Did my morning skimmer media cleaning.  Checked on the new fish in the quarantine tank, they seem to be doing well. They are still skittish, but I am sure they will warm up to me soon, I hope.  Not looking forward to this afternoon, I suspect the pond will be more seeds than water due to the very windy conditions.  When I came home from school today, the pond was loaded with seeds.  The super windy conditions today really brought down a hail storm of seeds from a wide variety of trees.  After about two hours, I was able to get most of them out of the pond, but they did their damage.  The pond water was crystal clear yesterday, and now it is all cloudy again with dirt and debris that has blown in from destinations unknown.  Did about a 15% water change, cleaned out the filter media, and put in 6 oz of MicrobeLift PL, and 3 oz of blue pond dye.  I noticed a lot of hairy algae growing on the light cords.  This has come up just since last Saturday.  I just don't understand why this stuff keeps growing.  Did a 5 gallon water change in the quarantine tank.  The two new Koi seem to be doing well, so far.  They must be eating, for when I come back form giving them a few pellets of food, it is always gone, but I have yet to actually see them eat.

April 30th, 2010 - Got out to the pond at 5:35 this morning, and the pump was being choked off by all the debris in the skimmer pad.  (A lot of GREEN GUNK!)  The water was still flowing through the filter, but at a much decreased rate of flow.  I think I am back to square one with the GREEN GUNK cleaning after all that wind yesterday.  I will check the media when I go home for lunch, and if necessary, I will do a cleaning then.  Fed my new Koi in the quarantine tank this am.  Went home for lunch, windy just like yesterday, but the pond was relatively clean of debris thanks to the wind yesterday blowing everything away.  I did clean out the skimmer pad, and it was full of GREEN GUNK, but not yet choking off the pump.  Better safe, than sorry!  Again it was very windy when I came home from school, but the pond was not as bad as yesterday.  I think all the seeds have been blown to another state.  Cleaned out the skimmer media around 6:45pm.

Pond Log for March 2010

Above photo taken March of 2009. Photo below Summer 2009.

Koi Pond Log for March 2010

March 4, 2010 - Added 4oz of Arctic Blend.

March 6, 2010 - Removed three dead fish, one Koi (Sunkist), and two gold fish. Buried them in the garden. All three fish were frozen in the ice.

March 11, 2010 - OPENED UP THE POND today, but with no filtration, just the pump to get the water moving. Noticed some white fuzz on Opi's tail fins. Also, could not find Butters, the Butterfly Koi that looked like Skelekoi. Added the last 3oz of Arctic Blend. Took off the top cover and put in the duck decoys and a barley bail.

March 13, 2010 - Put in 25 pounds of salt to get the level to .01%. Cleaned off the Matala Mat that was in the skimmer.

March 18, 2010 - Took out and cleaned Matala Mat in skimmer. Put in the actual skimmer pads. The water in the pond has a lot of string algae in it.

March 19, 2010 - Came home from school today and the "Cold Bacteria" I had ordered arrived in the mail. Put in 3 teaspoons of cold bacteria. I also put the filter media into the two barrels. Bottle caps and "Bacti-twist" in barrel #1, "Ultra Bio Media" and "Bacti-twist" in barrel #2. Also put in two 23" filter media pads that were pre-treated with Microbe-Lift Gel. (P.U.)

March 20, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria.

March 21, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria.

March 22, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. Also added 4oz of Blue Pond Tint. Rinsed off skimmer pads.

March 23, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria.

March 24, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria @ 7:30am. Added 2oz of OneFix @ 3:45 pm. I also called the Winston Co to find out more about the OneFix product. I got the number on the back of the bottle. The woman was very nice and informed me that this is beneficial bacteria, and it will not react with other products, and it is very safe.

March 25, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. AM

March 26, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. PM

March 27, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. AM

March 28, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria. AM Two scoops behind the skimmer, and one scoop in the pond. Also added 2oz of OneFix, one behind the skimmer, and one in the pond at noon. The next dose of OneFix will be Wednesday, 3-31-2010.

March 29, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria as before in the AM. Rinsed off skimmer pads after one week. The water temperature is 49 degrees. Took the lava rock bags out of the pond @ 8:00. One of them came apart on the shore, and I spent several minutes picking up lava rocks from the regular rocks. I repaired the mesh bag and put the lava rocks into the skimmer. Just a bit more bio-filtration.

March 30, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria as before in the AM. Took off the black netting @ 3:30 and the water temperature is 51 degrees. Brought up all the plants from the bottom to the shelves. I lifted up the long shelf, thinking I would find Butters, but no such luck. Butters is still MIA. Added three Muck Defense tabs. Put in the pond lights, replaced the yellow bulb, but then noticed bubbles coming from the yellow light. Took out the pond lights and ordered two more sets from here.

March 31, 2010 - Added three tea spoons of Cold Bacteria as before in the AM. Put in several tea spoons of "Pond Scrubber" in the AM. Added 2oz of OneFix @ noon. Fed the fish today for the first time @ noon. Added 16oz of Microbe Lift PL in front of skimmer @ 4:00 pm. (This is the first treatment of Microbe Lift PL for the season.) Cleaned off lava rock with 10 gallons of pond water in one of the blue recycle tubs. Used Microbe-Lift Gel to inoculate the three MatalaMats that go right behind the skimmer pads. Black, Green, Blue, in that order. Let it sit for one hour, and then installed the three mats. Rinsed off the skimmer pads and put the pads and the rinsed off lava rock back in place in the skimmer.

Pond Log for January & February 2010

Koi Pond Log
January & February 2010

Jan. 18, 2010 - Added 4oz of Arctic Blend.

Feb. 20, 2010 - Added 4oz of Arctic Blend.

Pond Log for December 2009

Koi Pond Log December 2009

Dec. 4, 2009 - Added 4oz of Artic Blend.

Dec. 22, 2009 - Added 4oz of Artic Blend.

Pond Log for November 2009

Koi Pond Log for November 2009

Nov. 1, 2009 - Added three cap fulls of Aqua One.

Nov. 4, 2009 - New tight weave pond net arrived today. (Clearly Better Pond Net) Put the new cover over the black netting.

Nov. 5, 2009 - Added 4oz of Arctic Blend cold water bacteria.

Nov. 8, 2009 - Removed old 3-barrel filtration system. See photo below.

This system is now being used at Havana High School in the Ag. Department. They are raising fish in a 400 gallon tank, and the above system is their main water filter.

Nov. 13, 2009 - Installed new filter system that I built in the garage out of two 55 gallon barrels. Click Here to see the build of the new system. (Special thanks to Phil and Jon Foster for helping me lift the new filter system into place!) Put PL tar on both of the bottom drain connections, and will cross my fingers that come spring, they don't leak. (They DIDN'T!!!)

Nov. 22, 2009 - Pumped out water after another week with 4" of rain. Added 4oz of Arctic Blend cold water bacteria.

Pond Log for October 2009

Koi Pond Log October 2009

Oct. 3, 2009 - Cleaned off skimmer pads. Cold and windy day, air temperature is 51 degrees. Skimmed leaves off the surface of the pond.

Oct. 4, 2009 - Water temperature is 52 degrees. Added 8oz of Microbe-Lift Fall/Winter bacteria.

Oct. 8, 2009 - Added three scoops of Koi Clay in a 5-gallon bucket.

Oct. 10, 2009 - Took the following out of the pond area: Herons, large air pump, and trimmed down the corner grass plants. Put in the winter air pump and float. Fed the Koi for the last time, water temp is 48 degrees. Cleaned off the light lenses.

Oct. 11, 2009 - Cut off all plants and sunk to the bottom of the pond. Put in last 8oz of Microbe-Lift PL. Completed fall pond area clean-up.

Oct. 18, 2009 - Shut off the pump at 9:30 am. Began the long process of getting ready for winter.

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  Removed and cleaned pump. (Pump is in great condition)
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  Opened up red valves on 30 gallon barrels, and drained all the water. (A lot of green string algae)
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  Removed lava rock. (Sunk two bags to the shelf to be used in the spring)
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  Pumped out the skimmer and removed mats. (I noticed some very small black or dark brown worms in the very bottom of the blue Matala Mat.
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  Pressure washed the mats and the barrels.
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  Removed the pond lights.
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  Put air line into skimmer.
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  Took out UV system. (I don't think this worked very well, got it cheap off eBay.)
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  Put black netting over the entire pond area.
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  Finished at 2:30 pm (5 hours of steady work.)

Pond is Closed for WINTER

Oct. 30, 2009 - Pumped water out of pond after 4" of rain during the week.

Pond Log for September 2009

September 2009

Sept. 1, 2009 - Added three Muck Defense tabs.  Added three scoops of Koi Clay. (Week #2, Treatment #2)  The water temperature is 66 degrees.

Sept. 2, 2009 - Scrubbed the algae off the waterfall rock.  Tested water with a 5 test strip, all areas were in the good range.

Sept. 4, 2009 - Cleaned off the pond light lenses.  Added three scoops of Koi Clay. (Week #2, Treatment #3) Started giving MicrobLift fall food.

Sept. 6, 2009 - Did a 5 - 10% water change.  Cleaned out skimmer pads.  Added 8oz of MicrobLift PL.  At 8:30 pm I noticed the water level was very low.  The barley bail I had in the second filter barrel had blocked the outlet and water over-flowed.  Removed the barley bail and did a refill.  So as a result, we actual did a 10 - 20% water change.  Added more MicrobLift PL near the waterfall.

Sept. 7, 2009  - Added three scoops of Koi Clay. (Week #3, Treatment #1) Ordered a de-icer and a fall/winter MicrobLift pond kit to help winterizing the pond from 123Ponds.com.

Sept. 9, 2009 - Added three scoops of Koi Clay. (Week #3, Treatment #2) Scrubbed the algae off the waterfall rock.

Sept. 11, 2009 - Added three scoops of Koi Clay. (Week #3, Treatment #3) Added 8oz of fall/winter MicrobLift (P.U.) Fed the koi wheat germ food.  Cleaned algae off the waterfall rock.

Sept. 12, 2009 - Today is my 50th birthday; my entire family surprised me at my home, including my father, sisters, and my brother-in-law's family members.  Danielle showed up around noon and really took me by surprise.  We had a GREAT day!  Thank you all!

Sept. 13, 2009 - 5 - 10% water change.  Rinsed out the skimmer pads.  Added two caps of Aqua One.  Added three scoops of Koi Clay now on a weekly basis.

* Started to notice a lot of string algae growing.  Don't know why, but it is growing fast.

Sept. 15, 2009 - Added 10 scoops of Koi Clay in a 5 gallon bucket filled with water.  Put the mixture into the falls side of the pond at 8:40 pm.  The water turned grey.

Sept. 16, 2009 - Scrubbed algae off the waterfall rock.

Sept. 17, 2009 - Added another 10 scoops of Koi Clay in a 5 gallon bucket.

Sept. 18, 2009 - Cleaned algae off the pond lights.

Sept. 20, 2009 - Cleaned skimmer pads and added 8oz of MicrobLift PL.

Sept. 23, 2009 - Put down two lily plants.  Put in two packs of MicrobLift fall/winter.  Added 15 scoops of Koi Clay in a 5 gallon bucket.  Scrubbed algae off the waterfall rock.

Sept. 24, 2009 - The water temperature today is 68 degrees.  Did a water 5 test strip and all levels are okay.

Sept. 25, 2009 - Cleaned out the skimmer filter pads.  Cleaned off the pond lights.  Added 8oz of MicrobLift fall/winter #2 packet.

Sept. 27, 2009 - Took down the two solar shades today and packed them away in a blue tub and stored them in the garage under the Apollo 13 dudes.  Took the dwarf palm out of the water and took it to the flower shop to have it stored for the winter.

Sept. 28, 2009 - The water temperature today is 60 degrees. 

Pond Log for August 2009

Schroeder's Koi Pond Log

(August 2009)

Aug. 5th, 2009 - Huge Storm Hits Havana
Aug. 9th, 2009 - Cleaned the lenses on my pond lights.
Aug. 11th, 2009 - 5 - 10% water change. Added 8 oz. of Microbe-Lift PL. Also rinsed out the skimmer pads.
Aug. 14th, 2009 - Added 2 oz. of blue pond tint.
Aug. 15th, 2009 - Cleaned off the pond light lenses.
Aug. 17th, 2009 - Ordered Muck Defense and Winter Air System from "The Pond Doctor". Took the UV unit out of the pond today. 5 -10% water change. (Rained the past two days.) Rinsed out the skimmer pads. (Very Dirty!)
Aug. 19th, 2009 - Two and a half inches of rain this afternoon. Pumped out about 5" of water.
Aug. 20th, 2009 - Brushed off the waterfall rock to remove algae. The Muck Defense ($24.99) and Winter Air Pump ($64.99) arrived today. ($99.93 total)
Aug. 22nd, 2009 - Cleaned off the pond light lenses.
Aug. 23rd, 2009 - 5 - 10% water change, rinsed out the skimmer pads, added 8oz of Microbe-Lift PL (Spread around pond A.P.)
Aug. 24th, 2009 - Received Koi Clay ($16.99) and Blue Dye ($21.99) in the mail today. ($53.09 total) Added 2 and a half scoops of Koi Clay (Week #1 - treatment #1) Pulled dead Lily pads.
Aug. 26th, 2009 - Added 3 scoops of Koi Clay - (Week #1 - treatment #2) Brushed algae off the water fall rock. Added 2oz of blue dye.
Aug. 28th, 2009 - Received three and a half inches of rain last night. Pumped water out of pond for 12 minutes. Added 3 scoops of Koi Clay - (Week #1 - treatment #3) Cleaned off light lenses. Pulled dead Lilly pads.
Aug. 30th, 2009 - Cleaned out skimmer pads. Added 2 cap-fulls of Aqua One. Added 3 scoops of Koi Clay. (Week #2 treatment #1)

Started the Pond Log Blog

Well, today I decided to start blogging my pond log, so I will have an electronic version of all the work that has been done to our pond. I will eventually go back and add an entry for every day that I have done anything to the pond from putting in beneficial bacteria, to rinsing out the skimmer filter media. My hope is that anyone that reads this will be benefited from the information I have posted. As you know, keeping a pond is not an exact science, but science it is, and there is a huge learning curve of which I am still trying to understand. So with that being said, I wish all you ponders good luck, and may the algae gods never invade your domain.