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Posted by Rigerz10 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 15, 05 at 15:07
| Bonjour, I am a complete and utter novice when it comes to fish and ponds and stuff but have recently moved into a house with a pond already present. When we intitially viewed the house about 6 month ago the pond was pretty clear from what I can remember but now looks green, I have read the other posts in the forums and deduced that the green genie 2000 uv filter should clump together this algea and remove it but it doesnt seem to be doing it. The pond is just under 3m long and just under 2m wide and 1m deep in the very middle, I can count over 40 goldfish in there when its sunny is this to many, they range in size from 3 to 5 inches long and there is what I have identified as an albino grass carp about 1foot long. Any advice would be greatly appriciated, nice one, ps the uv bulb does work |
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RE: Green pond------Is this to many fish?
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 15, 05 at 17:33
| check the uv is working, the tube may be out of date and not clumping the algea, uv tubes should be replace after a years running, so you get two summers per tube three at the most before they are inafective, but its not likely to be the fish sending the water green, happens to a lot of ponds at this time of year, some clear by themselve when the plants begin to kick in and create a ballance, but a new uv tube will probebly work, but bare in mind it will take upto three weeks to show effect. |
RE: Green pond------Is this to many fish?
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| someone stop me i'm wrong (please someone just stop me lol) but allowing for planting shelves and the like that could equate to 1500 gallons or so? green genie 2000 is prob good for 450 to 250 gals dependant on situation which in this case is heavily stocked? so theres the answer? maybe the original filter was different? but i think the genie will struggle to clear that amount of water - bigger filter needed? whats the pump? jo o/ |
RE: Green pond------welcome by the way
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| rigerz10 welcolm by the way! - wheres my manners tut o/ |
RE: Green pond------Is this to many fish?
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| Green water need not be down to single celled algae which a UV is supposed to deal with. I have a lovely blanket weed that grows in thin cotton wool like clouds and gives the appearance of green water. The old twiddling stick can get rid of a lot of that but it is extremely slippy stuff if you try handling it etc. |
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