I live near and elderly couple that recently have had various health issues. I have been enlisted to help them with their outdoor pond. In past years it's been beautiful but this year it has not been touched for maintenance. What am I in for? I have fish but know absolutely nothing about ponds.
So far I see a metric ton of algae on the top of the water...they want me to purchase feeder goldfish...GOLDFISH! to resolve this. I know thats not the right thing to do, but since I don't know what the right thing to do is, I'm having a hard time talking them out of it. Is it logical to just try to skim to top of the pond? The only thing living in it that I can see is frogs.
They also have something they call a bubbler which may or may not be a filter or a bubbler.
I've told them that it's almost September in Ohio, leave the pond for next year but they seem to believe that this will ruin the pond.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
So far I see a metric ton of algae on the top of the water...they want me to purchase feeder goldfish...GOLDFISH! to resolve this. I know thats not the right thing to do, but since I don't know what the right thing to do is, I'm having a hard time talking them out of it. Is it logical to just try to skim to top of the pond? The only thing living in it that I can see is frogs.
They also have something they call a bubbler which may or may not be a filter or a bubbler.
I've told them that it's almost September in Ohio, leave the pond for next year but they seem to believe that this will ruin the pond.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...