This pond had been half completed by
another company taking over 6 months
to get to this stage. The fish had been
left in the garage and the work not
completed. The other company had
already taken full payment but not
completed what the client had asked
for. 3 months later. Still no response.
Pump Action Ponds came onto the site to
fix the problems left uncompleted. This
involves having to drain and clean the
already overclogged water, and refit a
second filter to accomodate the 40+ fish
that were known to be in the pond.
7 Large fish had unfortunately died a few
weeks before we arrived.
The filter fitted by the other company
was an overpriced pressure filter suited
for large indoor compact pond sites.
Let’s just say in 3 months it had gotten
THIS bad and was extremely overclogged.
These filters go for around £270. The
client DID NOT need something like this.
We started draining the pond and removing
the fish. The water was logged with fish
waste and the nitrite levels were through
the roof! The fish still looked healthy.
Nitrite is produced by the bacteria in your
pond converting the fish waste. Plantlife
can convert it to relatively harmless nitrate.
Here’s a second pump that was fitted
for some.... reason. It wasn’t hooked up to
anything and had just been left on a middle
shelf to just sit and....do nothing.
Well we’re gonna use this to power the new
filter and maintain the filtration level above
the fish stock of the pond.
The pond as always is drained and scrubbed
to remove the majority of the algae and all
of the waste material. Removing all the
biology is not a good idea as it leaves the
pond barren and without a stabilising
equilibrium.
Pond plants are trimmed back a bit too.
This monstrosity was what the state of the
filter pump was in before cleaning. It had
collected so much filth from the bottom of
the pond it was barely pumping enough
water into the already clogged filtration
system.
This is what we’re here for. So you don’t
have to deal with this yourself. 0:-)
This was the pond after we placed the fish
back into the retreated and oxygenated
water.
Overall 43 goldfish and 1 frog.
2 goldfish were heavily pregnant so there
will be a fair few smaller fish soon enough.
The glorious finish as we are now just
waiting for the new filter to arrive. This shall
be fitted within the week to help cope with
the large fish stock in the pond.
We like to pride ourselves on making sure
the customer pays for what they need not
what is currently the latest and greatest.
The filter was fully cleaned out in available
clean pond water and around 20% of the
biomatter left in to maintain the bacteria
culture growth.
Extra bacteria culture was added to keep
the equilibrium stable and the filter was
refitted for purpose.
The filter has now arrived and has been
installed. There have been two large outlet
fitted to ensure the hi-powered pump
(2000ltr/hour) has proper drainage.
The filter is now straining the constant
waste from the pond and the UV light on
the other pump is managing the algae.