I have been lurking here for months but decided it is time to create an account and get involved here, it seems like a great forum.
I have been building my pond for just over a year and finally got it filled with water 3 or 4 weeks ago. I have not added fish to the pond yet.
It got pretty green fast so I added a 57w UV light in my Savio skimmer and that has cleared it up pretty good, so the green issue I had likely has nothing to do with my problem but I thought I should mention it in case.
There are some little creatures growing inside the basket on my pump and also on the exit falls of my Savio waterfall filter. (I am sure they are other places also, these are however the only places I see them)
I'm not sure what these creatures are but can only assume they do not belong.
I also started the water out with microb-lift, but I can't imagine these creatures are from that.
I just thought I better ask here to find out what these are before adding fish to my pond.
This is my second pond, but I am totally new to pond care. I bought a home a few years ago with a pond in the back and fell in love with it so when we bought our new house I just had to build a pond.
I did not really know what I was doing with the old pond but it seemed well established so there was really minimal work- I basically just fed the fish it came with for 3 years with no problems.
Now that I have built a new pond I decided its time to learn as much as I can about Koi so I can make a nice home for them.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can help me figure out what these are and what I should be doing to get rid of them, or if they are actually ok to be in the pond please let me know that as well.
