tucker
04-10-2005, 08:10 PM
Had the day off today.......was sunny, in the mid 60's......good time to 1. either work in the flower beds, or 2. start cleaning out the pond.
Well, needless to say, the flower beds are still a mess - the ground is still a little to wet to get in there and clean. So, I shop vac'd the pond (which is no small job seeing its 15' x 15' and 3.5' deep), got some dead frogs out :( .....cleaned out the waterfalls, the filters, got the TT cleaned and up and running, fixed the pump (didn't want to work - until I got mad, and dropped it, then it worked again)...and got the mechanical filter going, which got the waterfalls going again, and got a major water change done. All in all, I probably spent almost 6 hours out there working on the pond.
It still needs to be shop vac'd another time, and all the lilies brought up from the shelves and repotted and divided.....but it is so great to hear that waterfall running again. I will probably do a couple of mild PP treatments this week, hopefully all the stuff that is left will then decompose so I can shop vac again next Sunday.
My goldies were following me around, begging for some food.....but the water is still too cold for that.
I did notice that I have some babies from last falls spawn swimming around...not any bigger than an inch, which surprised me.
My ponding season is starting.............
Well, needless to say, the flower beds are still a mess - the ground is still a little to wet to get in there and clean. So, I shop vac'd the pond (which is no small job seeing its 15' x 15' and 3.5' deep), got some dead frogs out :( .....cleaned out the waterfalls, the filters, got the TT cleaned and up and running, fixed the pump (didn't want to work - until I got mad, and dropped it, then it worked again)...and got the mechanical filter going, which got the waterfalls going again, and got a major water change done. All in all, I probably spent almost 6 hours out there working on the pond.
It still needs to be shop vac'd another time, and all the lilies brought up from the shelves and repotted and divided.....but it is so great to hear that waterfall running again. I will probably do a couple of mild PP treatments this week, hopefully all the stuff that is left will then decompose so I can shop vac again next Sunday.
My goldies were following me around, begging for some food.....but the water is still too cold for that.
I did notice that I have some babies from last falls spawn swimming around...not any bigger than an inch, which surprised me.
My ponding season is starting.............