freddy

Hi folks.

My pond has been up and running for a few months now. Naturally, I have been monitoring my parameters. After a while I thought it was time to measure my Nitrate level which was 40ppm. "Good" I thought, "the filter is starting to kick in by converting Ammonia >-->Nitrite>-->Nitrate". I'm now at the stage where blanket weed has become a problem, and to treat this I've used Cloverleaf Answer. Anyway, just out of interest I thought it might be a good idea to test my tap water for Nitrate. I was quite surprised to find that it was exactly the same, at 40ppm. As I can't dilute my pond water, does this mean that blanket weed is always going to be a problem?

Cheers...Freddy.

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Davej

Hi Freddy

Mine is similar to yours out of the tap but think positive - to keep the pond at this is good going. Are you running a veggie filter?

There are other bits in the water that BW like, phosphate being one You may find that after a few years when the pond as a whole matures BW isn't an issue but it is something that most Koi keepers have to live with.

Dave

freddy

Hiya Dave.

No, I'm not. I HAVE noticed in the last few days that my Nitrite levels have fallen, now less than 0.25, so I guess higher Nitrate levels are on their way?

Cheers..Freddy.

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ogawa only

freddy ,

hate to say it , but blanket weed is only ever banished by using RO-ROmix , your water has loads of phos and other crap in it like most tap water .


it has to be the bigest bain in a koi keepers life !!!! after spending years pulling it out by the bin load on a weekly basis, trying every treatment , every filtraion type , the only thing that has worked 100% is the RO mix

steve

freddy

Flippin' eck Steve, where you bin!!?? Everything ok with you? Any news?

Thanks for that posting, interesting. If all else fails, I'll have to go down that route.

Cheers...Freddy.

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