***The Pond Discussion Thread****

Just pulled a massive raft of algae and poop out of the drum filter then gave copious flush cycles.. but my hand still smells of it after washing twice.. not sure if it's in the watch bezel or if it's just my hand.. grim.
 
Been giving my koi very light feed these last couple of weeks, as they were searching for food.
Today they are really active....looks like an early spring start, hope the frosts hold off lol
 
I've been giving them a few feeds a week. It's warm enough that they're looking but some are active fish others are less so.
 
My koi don't usually start searching for food until mid-March, so is a definite early start this year.
All of them are very mobile and take the food fairly quickly tbh.

Holding back on the feed until the water warms a bit more and the filter can start to spring into life a little bit....
 
Added some elodea having thought I added some years ago, only to end up with a much slower growing variety. Amazing how cheaply you can pick these things up online these days and how quickly they ship. Had some snail hitchhikers that’ll I’ll happily take too.

Then considering a few sticklebacks in a few months to stop the mosquitos taking over.
 
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Thinking of buying x2 new 55w UV's.
Mine have been in for 10 years and they were second hand to start with.
I change the bulbs every year but have had to do minor repairs last couple of years due to the plastics starting to deteriourate.
 
I made a DIY UVC out of pvc pipe, however the plastic on the actual screw thread for the head unit has become brittle - just goes to show how they’re designed to fail after a number of years.
 
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