its kinda like the blind leading the blind. I'll try to keep this short. And before i start i really appreciate your help in all this guys.
My neighbor who takes care of the pond ask me to help her cause she knows i like fish and i have a good grasp on certain things when it comes to them. But i have to admit pond keeping is new to me. its the blind leading the blind on this one.
this is what we are working with
another angle
i was told it is about 300 gallons or so. I haven't measured it or anything like that.
This is the water fall.
It has a couple levels with little pools in it, but it doesn't have fish.
here is just a close angle
their are 2 problems we face. the first is the algae problem. this pond is in the direct sunlight which is pretty strong in hawaii.
here is a closer shot of the algae problem on the river rocks
(few guppies too)
The lady who asked me to help says she was told to add salt, the kind they use in the swimming pool. i've never seen this online where salt is used to kill pond algae.
can someone please confirm this salt thing for me?
and the other problem is the cleaners. every 3 to 4 months.
We have a maintainace staff. i was told that they take the fish out and put them into buckets. they catch as much guppies as they can. and drain the pond 100%
followed by pressure washing which causes some of the remaining guppies to fly out and possibly die. So she is not to impressed with it. but these guys are not trained in pond keeping and probly don't care. they are cleaners/ maintainance repair guys, they do that well no doubt. so buying algae eaters may not be cost worthy if they fly out and die.
then to cap this all off behind the falls is something you'd expect.
and under the box???..
is the pump but no Filter system!!!!
what do you guys think? what do you guys suggest?
My neighbor who takes care of the pond ask me to help her cause she knows i like fish and i have a good grasp on certain things when it comes to them. But i have to admit pond keeping is new to me. its the blind leading the blind on this one.
this is what we are working with
another angle
i was told it is about 300 gallons or so. I haven't measured it or anything like that.
This is the water fall.
It has a couple levels with little pools in it, but it doesn't have fish.
here is just a close angle
their are 2 problems we face. the first is the algae problem. this pond is in the direct sunlight which is pretty strong in hawaii.
here is a closer shot of the algae problem on the river rocks
(few guppies too)
The lady who asked me to help says she was told to add salt, the kind they use in the swimming pool. i've never seen this online where salt is used to kill pond algae.
can someone please confirm this salt thing for me?
and the other problem is the cleaners. every 3 to 4 months.
We have a maintainace staff. i was told that they take the fish out and put them into buckets. they catch as much guppies as they can. and drain the pond 100%
followed by pressure washing which causes some of the remaining guppies to fly out and possibly die. So she is not to impressed with it. but these guys are not trained in pond keeping and probly don't care. they are cleaners/ maintainance repair guys, they do that well no doubt. so buying algae eaters may not be cost worthy if they fly out and die.
then to cap this all off behind the falls is something you'd expect.
and under the box???..
is the pump but no Filter system!!!!
what do you guys think? what do you guys suggest?
