Everything Fishy

13/09/2025

another cleanup but this time the waterfall got moved and rebuilt. Turned out nice.

25/08/2025

Pictures from Thursday's pond owner! We couldn't plug the pump in due to pouring rain and wet everything Thursday

22/08/2025

it was a very long day. This pond was kind of buried under taro, mud and broken up leaves. We found it. New filter pads and media bags too.

05/08/2025

A nice little cleanup and restoration last week closer to home, in Fort Worth. A before and an after. stones that belonged on the edge were down in the bottom, fixed a small leak on edge of waterfall. We are very pleased with how it turned out, and so is the homeowner. While the temperature is over 95 degrees, we are only doing smaller jobs or urgent repairs. It's hot out there.

11/07/2025

Before pics from the Rockwall job

11/07/2025

We do not normally work in Rockwall. Drive is too far, traffic too bad. But a disabled veteran there had big problems with their pond and couldn't find anyone that really did ponds in that area. So we went. It hadn't been cleaned, possibly ever. but the live oak leaves actually protected the liner from the large sharp stones a tenant had dropped in the pond, so it held very little water. The skimmer had been moved, and needed moved back. She wanted the lowest pond to be smaller, allowing room for ornamental plantings. 17 bags of live oak leaves and 2.5 truck loads of surplus stone later, we found her pond. and it is lovely again. I don't think I have a before without water lilies to show the actual conditions, so these are finished pics, I'll put some befores in the comments.

29/06/2025

29/06/2025

Help Wanted: Probably one day's work, must be able to lift heavy rock up and load on wheelbarrow to truck. I don't think any rocks weigh over 50 lbs but they are below ground level in an old pond. We go back Tuesday. Pay - about 20 an hour, plus I buy lunch. We removed the top half of these rocks today, and hauled them off, but a couple of the bottom ones are pretty big. We removed the top 18 inches of stone, have about 15 inches remaining. Probably get 8 hours pay including drive time

20/06/2025

We did not build the pond. we've been cleaning it annually since 2014.

We'd installed a couple canister filters on it. (one at a time, when homeowner bought one to match what came with the pond) to drive the tall waterfall. Plunging sponges to clean mud out of them was not a fun task and the canister filters kept breaking.

It was one last straw on this one year old canister filter, so pump got a bypass, tall waterfall running faster than it ever has on the same old pump. and the pond got a new biofalls tucked in a corner, easy to clean, No plunging....

29/05/2025

Spring Pond Cleanups are almost complete. If your pond needs attention we need to clean it when high temp is below 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Tips for keeping pond clean in hot weather.

1. Do not change filters, instead rinse thoroughly in cool water and put back in the biofalls or filter. Why? What keeps your pond clear are living bacteria, and a day in the sun drying out kills it all.

2. Keep skimmer unobstructed, and clean filter pad in skimmer if needed. Turn the pump off before removing pad. Use a dip net to remove any debris that got past it.

3. If pump is in the bottom, I keep mine in a guard to keep most leaves and debris out, but I do pull pump to clean its prefilter and be sure impeller is not obstructed a couple of times a year.

4. Temperature is an issue, if your water flow is good and fast, but water is going green, consider a Sun Sail over the pond. Will try to find some links to post in comments.

If these things aren't in your desirable chore list, we'll be happy to help.

Service calls for filter clean and tidy up start at $85 for relatively easy ones that one person can handle, and 2 person service calls for the larger ones start at $125.

Hint hint - makes a great father's day gift if Dad doesn't feel like doing it.

14/05/2025

just a quick look at the project we finished yesterday. Original liner was short cut and surrounded by limestone gravel, making the pond dirtier and dirtier with each year. Owner wanted a new liner and a fresh look, when we got the gravel and river rock and cobble out, the pond was bigger. it still is. It has some rock now.