Catmandu

Thank you for that, Mark.

I've just got the info for the Bacteria Answer online at: http://www.blackburnhouse-japanese-k...k/prod612.html Just 24 hours with the UVs off will do.

Also ordered 1 litre of Green Away so should have more than enough!

Regards,
Ray

koimaster

i would treat with the green away first just in case you have to clean your filter out then when you have clear water treat with the filter start normally five days after the green away treatment but please check on the green away bottle as i cant really remember i think its 5 days

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Good thinking, Mark, I will do that. I will be in touch again shortly and with the photos, I hope. Off now to dream about an immaculate pond with crystal clear waters and some very happy fish! ) Goodnight - have a good weekend!!

Cheers,
Ray

koimaster

thats ok hope all goes well

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Hello again, peoples! I'm glad to report that the pond water is getting clearer now. I've used two treatments of Greenaway since my last post and manually collected all the floating 'gunge' with a fine net, each time. I've also washed out all the system brushes in pond water several times and was amazed at the amount of muck they had caught and trapped. Fully drained and flushed out the big vortex as well. I also did a major water change - 50% - before restarting the filtration system and added another bottom pump to pipe water up to my waterfall. This was caught and filtered through a fine mesh net and, though the net needed periodic cleaning and was a slow method in itself, the net did manage to trap quite a bit of muck! The K1 is slowly reaching maturity and the water returning to the pond is much cleaner.

Unfortunately, I now have a protein problem (foam) developing on the pond surface and, of course, throughout the filtration system. I imagine I'll need two more remedies for a good job, a protein skimmer idea, maybe, and possibly a type of sand filter to 'polish' the water, right? Based on my system description and photos posted previously, is there a DIY way of doing this, please?

I hope you are all having a good weekend and I look forward with thanks to further help from you, the experts!! )

Kind regards,
Ray

koimaster

there is a way i will try and find it and post it here chap

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Hello again, guys,

Sorry for the long delay in getting back! I managed to make my own skimmer after all and, after some trial and error, it is working fine. Had to mount it in the pond but it has taken out quite a bit of protein and continues to do so. The container is only temporary until I find something better. )

I thought you might like to view some recent photos I've uploaded, so you can see how clear the water has become. The fish are quite happy as well!!

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj206/Catmandu_2008/

Kind regards,
Ray

koimaster

wow fish thats alot better bet your well chuffed

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