[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mississauga Ponder for those who have recently started their ponds ... and those who can still remember when they started their pond(s). how long did it take to clarify the water? please briefly share the description of your pond and filter setup plus the load (how many fish). this is just to form sort of a benchmark for newbies like me. i will start ... my pond is 3600 gallons, 12' diameter and 6' deep. everything is DIY including the filters which are made of 55 gallon drums. first cicuit starts from 4" BD to SC w/ MS to moving K1 to 3600 gph pump T's to 55W UV T's back to static K1 to waterfalls to pond. second circuit starts from skimmer to static K1 to 3600 gph pump to sand gravel filter to pond. after 12 weeks since i put in 6 koi that are about 8" the water is still dark olive green.

The first pond I ever built for myself was made without any fancy equipment as well. I did not even use a UV light. I pumped water from the pond into an upflow gravel filter and that flowed back to the pond via a small water fall. It took six weeks for the water to clear.

My systems at the store are three thousand gallons each. I pump to an Ultima II 6000 then the water goes through a 40 watt UV light into a trickle tower and back to the pond. They never went green.