rdnelson99
Aquarium Advice Addict
Ok, I am a bit ashamed to admit all this but here goes. Several years ago I installed a small in-ground pond for my wife on Mother's day. Just a pump with a little water fall feature. Over the years it has grown into a couple hundred gallon pond and has 8 Koi. I have never put any type of filtration on it. The Koi and water hyacinth do fantastic but I have a terrible algae problem.
Since I am now in the process of building a 45 gal reef aquarium (big bucks) for my wife's birthday, I can't commit a ton of money to it. Any ideas on what I should do would be appreciated.
The pond is about 5' in diameter and about 3.5' deep at the deepest point. It gets a ton of sun light durring daylight hours and I have a couple of underwater lights that run from dusk to midnight.
The pictures were just after cleaning it this spring and before this years water hyacinth had a chance to take over. Now, it pretty much covers the pond but we thin it out on a regular basis.
Since I am now in the process of building a 45 gal reef aquarium (big bucks) for my wife's birthday, I can't commit a ton of money to it. Any ideas on what I should do would be appreciated.
The pond is about 5' in diameter and about 3.5' deep at the deepest point. It gets a ton of sun light durring daylight hours and I have a couple of underwater lights that run from dusk to midnight.
The pictures were just after cleaning it this spring and before this years water hyacinth had a chance to take over. Now, it pretty much covers the pond but we thin it out on a regular basis.