We are winding down for the year as it is now past mid-October. Repaired a leak, fed the fish all summer and watched them grow from little one inch gold minnows into 4 - 6 inch gold fish! Time to start thinking about getting ready for the fall cleanup. This is one of those chores everyone hates to love but in the spring you'll thank yourself! There's nothing worse than having to do fall cleanup in the spring because the mess is unbelievable so do it now.
In our area of lower Michigan, the leaves are at about their peak right now and are quickly starting to drop. This means that already and for about the next 4 weeks, leaf litter cleanup from the pond will be a daily task until they are done falling. Unfortunately though it must be done or suffer the consequences of the mess in the spring and believe me when I say that you don’t want to have to re-balance your water PH in the spring if you don’t. I was lazy one year and it took me the better part of the spring and summer to get the PH and alkalinity back under control from all the leaf rot over winter. Needless to say, I replaced a lot of fish that year and I prefer to not have to deal with that again. http://www.wm8c.com
Take care of your pond and it will take care of you!
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