| One little thing to add here as far as the dechlor goes.
I believe I learned it here, but it's my understanding that if you have a lot of organic waste in your pond, you can get away without de-chlorinating as the chlorine is consumed almost immediately breaking down all that waste. However, if you have a "clean" pond, there isn't anything to consume the chlorine and you've got a problem.
Makes real good sense to me. I can add chlorine to the hot tub, leave it alone for a few weeks. If it's unused during that time, the chlorine is about where it was three weeks ago. However, if the hot tub is used I continually need to add chlorine to keep it clean.
I'm sure given the description of his pond, he has a fair amount of organic waste so he can probably get away with it. But if your pond is moderately clean, better safe than sorry....
IMO anyway,
Grant |