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| We bought our first house last fall, and it came with a 1500-gallon pond (which had a lot to do with our decision, incidentally, as I'm a HUGE pond fan). In any case, I've had aquariums of varying sizes but never anything of this scale. Here's the setup:
-1500 gallon pond with two drains on the bottom and one overflow drain at the top in case of heavy rain
Seems to be pretty self-sufficient, I only drain out the tubs and clean out the pre-pump basket every month or so and the water is very clear. However, when I drain out the tubs the water that comes out is kind of smelly and I see little tiny critters crawling around in the tubs. Is this normal? And is that smelly water good for plants? :-) |
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| Where koi are concerned, 1500 gallons is small. What is your fish population? The smelly water is very good for plants. Little critters could be dragonfly larvae. |
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