Hi all, Okay the water in the pond was awesome, had been in there about 3 weeks and no "bloom" just a bit of algae starting when I got the not so brilliant idea of mortaring in the rocks and spilled it in the pond and had to do a mad fast drain. Got it all cleaned up and back together, took about a week, and plants and fish back in. Well it started turning green pretty fast this time. (oh we did NOT drain the biofilter as I thought that maybe the "good" bacteria would help?) Everyday it gets greener, water looks almost thick, can't see but shadows of fish. Oh it's been refilled for a bit over 2 weeks. Is this "bloom" that I've read about or do I need to do something? I've cleaned the prefilter but not touched the savio biofilter, should I clean it out? Add sludge remover, algecide or just wait it out and it will clear on it's own? I have put microlift PL in it as I read that was good for starting and keeping pond nice. It's raining but I will try to get piccys if it quits for a few. Oh also there is a bit of foam around some of the plants and some bubbles on the top....it kinda looks like a green swamp pit :'(. Also I have a pond vac that works on water should I vacuum it?
Thanks for ANY help/advise.
Peg