JustPlainOrchids Blog

  Last weekend I drained, vac'd and refilled the pond.  Over the past couple of days I've seen a real improvement in water clarity.  I don't think it's been this clear since I filled it up.  It's looking really good.  With fall and the leaves turning,… more »

This AM I started the fun task of cleaning out the pond.  I've got my 1000 gallon pool about half filled and figured it would more than suffice for the fish I have and I can move them over on Sunday morning and do the majority of the cleaning and refilli… more »

Rather eventful day in some ways. First I got in a little pond salt and proceeded to slowly mix in about 4 or 5 pounds. It's close to 3000 gallons right now so it's pretty dilute. In my volume of a pond I'm not sure they will do much good, but it didn… more »

Well, the koi are here and so far so good. I have floated the bag in my pond for about 30 minutes and am now in the process of slowly changing out the water. I'm adding about one to two cups of my pond water, wait 10 to 15 minutes, remove one to two cu… more »

For me the big news is that I finally received the tubes of aquarium grade silicone sealant. With that I made a run to Home Depot for some more 2" elbows that I spray painted black (with a Krylon type paint for plastics). They are drying and will be re… more »