I am not trying to be obstinate but I really cannot see draining the pond. It's not just the expense. It's primarily the difficulty of access to the pond. The only good way to get at it is over my leach field. The heavy equipment might destroy my septic, certainly will destroy the ecosystem which is flourishing, and will destroy many trees, one of which is a 100" year old two story cider apple tree. I just can't imagine equipment that can get through the small access space and over my leach field (less than 3500 lbs) that is able to do the job. I would rather not ever swim in my pond than incur that kind of damage. I am also not willing to do a major tree removal around the pond. We will trim it all back this winter but the trees are privacy for us. This is why I considered the net. I would post pics if I could figure out how.
I saw someone with a similar problem had found companies to vacuum the pond muck. I sent them a PM.
Small Creek Fish I just need to figure out who wants to buy the leeches, LOL!
I think I would see leeches on the fish, frogs, or the dogs if we had really bad leech problem.
I think the pond is swimmable now, just not ideal. I don't expect that it will ever be ideal. I would want to shower after. But overall it's a fairly clean and healthy pond for being left alone for 40 years. We have toyed with the idea of moving the garden and thought a natural swimming pond would be great where the garden is. But that is a project that must wait for a future date.
Will perch or bass eat the smaller goldfish?
