So we have the water level lowered down to approximately six inches deep.
There's no fish in the pond but actually they're still in the pond!
what we did when we installed this pond is we installed to koi caves
and so that way it gave a spot for the fish to hide if the Predators would show up
so we're gonna pull the water leveled down just a little bit more and flush the fish out
we'lll be able to catch them, safely put him them a holding tank and let the cleaning begin
That tunnel's a little too good huh
We might have to check this one out. I think there is one more big fish
Get this hose set up
So this is another quick tip on your holding tank for your fish
You wanna make sure you lower the water level just enough so they don't jump out
oftentimes when you're relocating fish you might see them jumping out so
either lower it down low enough to where they can get out or put some kinda cover
over the top
Let me get back at the pond
well that we have all the fish safely located into a holding facility
it's time to start cleaning the pond there's really two schools of thought on
this and I'll want to explain both of them
1. You can jump in there with a pressure washers and start pressure washing
everything down
get it all down to the bottom be pumping out the same time
the other school of thought is to just get in there with a garden hose and
start rinsing back behind all the stonework
In a perfect world maybe you do them both but
it's my belief the best way to do it just to get in there with a good garden
hose
and rinse back behind all the stonework and in the gravel
Now if you get in there with the pressure washer sure you pond is gonna look
immaculate and brand new like you just installed it
the problem is the biofilm its on that stone
it's taking you this much time to develop it and it's actually with
helping keep your pond nice and clear.
So there could be a little bit of algae stuck to the sides, but algae is not a
bad word it's not a bad thing.
What we really want to do is get behind all that stone and underneath the gravel
and get to the sludge that accumulated because that is actually the fuel
thats keeping that algae really thriving
So when we take away the fuel for the algae
Then the algae starts to recede and then you have a clean pond. So we're gonna show you
some processes today, we're not going to be pressure washing this pond
we're gonna get in there with a couple garden hoses and we're gonna be rinsing the sludge
behind everything
and we're gonna pump the stuff out and then we're gonna fill the pond up with some nice
clean water
and get it ready for the next season.
So what we're doing if you can see you know we're just looking for this kind of sludge underneath the gravel
and we want to just rinse it down. You know if you wait 3 or 4 or 5 years to get this done it's
just going to be really nasty
but you do it regularly and do just a quick little cleaning on it then your pond is
super carefree all season long