Went to pond this morning and saw that the pond was covered in large air bubbles, and some sort of brownish/blackish skim on top of the surface. Anyone know if this is also a result of the previous fish kill. I still have some dead fish to remove from the pond around 10 catfish. The smell is getting bad I am going to have get them out this afternoon, or the wife will be on my backside.
I have installed a Wayne Reliant lawn sprinkler pump, it is rated at 5000 GPH, it seems to do the job as it will shoot water up about 30ft and around the same distance outward.
I came in to take a break as the temperature is 97 and mostly hazy according to my temperature gauge, which is no help for the pond.
Also, the pump that I installed has no ground wire, but says to hook one up before using it. I could not find a ground hookup, so I called the company tech service. They told me that when I remove the wiring cover there would be a threaded stem that is used for the ground wire. When I use this stem the pump comes on then quickly throws the breaker. If I remove the ground wire from this stem the pumps works fine, so at present I am using it with no ground. This may not be the stem the tech was talking about, but the only one I saw. I know this is not a safe way to use it but I need it running in the pond now. Anyone that knows about grounding pumps the info would be appreciated.
