New pond help!

Hi i have last week installed a 1000 litre preformed pond in my garden. However in the past week it has turned a light brown colour and frothy on top, i have lots of oxygenated plants in and a couple in baskets on the side. i know the heat hasnt helped and there is no pump yet as its on order it should hopefully come this week! Oh and theres no fish yet! My question is shall i drain pond before i put pump in as the water isnt right or will the pump sort that out?

My other question is i have brought a 3000 l/h pump i dont want a fountain or anything my plan is to connect a filter (not yet) and have the water trickling down a rock into the pond does anyone know what piping i will need as i want to get before pump arrives.

Sorry for all questions just new to water gardening!
Thanks

 

The pump should sort it. I've been told by my pond guy that oxygenated plants by themselves won't clear a pond. My pond looks horrendous at the moment due to algae, the water is a dark green. But getting the filters cleaned etc means its now starting to clear. You can get additives that are advertised to clear ponds, but some of those can make it worse (as my mother-in-law was complaining about incessantly recently...)

 

I'm quite new to the world of aquatics, but here's what I've learned so far.

My new pond, which is probably a month or so old now, also went a bit brown and murky, despite having oxygenating plants in it. I've learned that this is to be expected. Ponds are clear when the ecosystem is 'balanced' and it takes a few weeks for that to happen.

At the aquatics shop, I spotted a product that claims to clear the water. I bought it and gave it a try, and it does seem to work very well.

http://evolutionaqua.com/acatalog/Pure_Pond.html

According to the man in the shop, it contains all the enzymes and good bacteria that you'd find in a well established healthy pond. These enzymes and bacteria work to break down various compounds that naturally find their way into the water, turning it murky. Its harmless to your plants and any fish or other creatures that live in there. Certainly my fish seem happy enough.

If you're squeamish, you want to wear some gloves or something if you use that product. I call it 'pond bogies' because when you open it up, it is like a tub of gross round giant bogies, all squishy and horrid, but they do the job.

 

Piping would partly depend on what space you've got to get the water up to where you want it to start trickling back down. We've got a cascade which was installed long before we moved in here. I think that pipe is a plastic 1" diameter one. As you may be able to guess, I'm also a little new to water gardening! Good luck, I'm sure it'll all look great once it's clear and running

 

Hi thanks for the replys! So you think I should just wait and see and let it cycle? It dont look nice like a thin frothy foam on top! I brought some bacteria stuff shall I add that?

With the piping theres no incline just going to trail piping going round the edge of the pond maybe I should wait till pump arrives then I thiik im just being impatient and its my first pond so i just want to get fish in!

 

a pump would get the water round a lot easier. Mine goes uphill before the obvious downhill so I have to have a pump. There's no fish in that pond but there are tadpoles. The other pond is a regular pond with fish and while its warm they're not helping with the cleanliness of the water as they're burrowing under the crap on the bottom and stirring it up all the time! I only see them when they come up to feed until the water clears that is

 

Agree with the above...once you add fish, life will become a constant battle for clear water.