Photos of water garden pond cleaning?

[Auntiesue]

Quote: Originally Posted by MCA Howdy Sue, Should be an interersting comparison. For a WG there is the pond itself that probably needs to be mucked out 2 times a year. And the filters in the skimmer cleaned once a week? The notion of cleanning a koi pond is a strange one....unless there has been a major storm or other unusuall event. A koi pond that needs to be cleaned either has less than ideal design or maintence of the equipment. Koi ponds (not the filters) should not need any routine cleaning. And depending on the fitlers, they can be have relative simple and dry cleaning. May watergardensers may be very surprised how easy it is to care for a well designed mature koi pond.

This is certainly my hope by showing how they differ. Thanks all for sharing photos and insight. It's been many many years since I had to do this twie a year. At one of our later meetings this year some members were asking about preparing their pond and koi for the winter. Several of us chimed in with "clean the pond first". Some replied with "We did that this past spring already". I smiled and just replied, "well it's time to do it again". We'll just see how many actually did that next spring when we start getting sick fish calls.

Sue