Koi Pond Log for March 2011
March 2, 2011 - Put three scoops of "Cold Weather" beneficial bacteria in the pond near the bubblier.
March 4, 2011 - Pumped out water from all of the rain we have been getting. The pump ran for about 25 minutes. Also put in one oz. of OneFix near the bubblier.
March 8, 2011 - Added 1 oz of OneFix to the water near the bubblier.
March 12, 2011 - Installed the new pump, and started water flow through the filter and over the falls. No filter media yet, except for some black and green Metalla Mat in the skimmer basket to catch and big items. Everything looks good, no leaks, KNOCK ON WOOD. There will have to be some work on the skimmer basket one of these days. The bolts are all rusted. Trimmed the black lace behind the water falls.
March 13, 2011 - Rinsed off the metalla mat pre-filter in the skimmer basket. I noticed a lot of sting algae.
March 15, 2011 - Added 3oz of blue pond tint, and the remainder of the Barely with Peat, about 3oz. Added some more water to the pond to bring it up to my level preference.
March 18, 2011 - Added three table spoons of beneficial bacteria to the falls areas of the pond. Water temperature was 52ยบ
March 19, 2011 - Rinsed off the skimmer mat this morning, it was full of GREEN ALGAE! I am talking, LOADED with it! I am at my wit's end trying to figure out what to do with this stuff.
March 24, 2011 - Can you believe I went almost an entire week without having to clean off the skimmer filter media? I believe it was due to the cold snap we are currently having. I cleaned off the media today, and it really wasn't that bad. Added 2oz of OneFix.
March 27, 2011 - Cleaned off the skimmer filter media. Still a lot of green tint to the water, but it is starting to clear up. Still lots of algae.
March 30, 2011 - Again, cleaned off the skimmer filter media, starting to load up again with GREEN GUNK and string algae. Added the rest of my powdered bacteria to the skimmer area.
