I have a pond that is so murky that you can barely even see the fish. Any advise on what how I should clean it?
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It really depends on WHY your pond is murky. Murky water in a pond doesn't mean it's bad, anymore than clear water means it's good (think chlorine!). Have you tested the water? Ammonia or nitrite could be clouding the water and is toxic to fish.
If you have a new filtration system on your pond, it may not have built up that "slime" inside that removes particles. In that case, time will clear up your murkiness.
Or..the murkiness could be an algae bloom if you don't have a UVc installed or your UVc is not large enough for your pond size.
If your water chemistry is satisfactory, and the algae is not the cause then the solution to improving your water clarity is to enhance your filtration and particularly mechanical filtration.
The most common, limiting factor of a filter is its ability to remove the finer suspended solids. A filter is likely to be tested to its limits when fish are feeding actively in the summer. This is why ponds are at their clearest in the winter. If your filter is unable to remove even the smallest of solids then you will never be able to achieve crystal clear water.
Get rid of the pond then you won't have any problems.
Use Murk remover...
depending on the size of the pond, you may have to get a pump attached to a filter, sought of like a awimming pool pump and filter.
get an outside filter, or drain the pond and then clean it out.
but if you do that, make sure the water you put back in is the same PH as the water that was there to begin with, or youll kill the fish.
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First thing you might want to look at is - why is it murky? was it just built or has it been there for a while. freshly built ponds will take some time to clear up. some ponds will stay muddy looking forever depending on what type of soil they are in. as a water treatment plant operator, we use a polymer to treat the water and make the dirt cling together and fall out. but it would be pretty hard to get pond water mixed well enough for something like that to work. good luck
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