It took awhile longer than expected to get the liner in shape once again. But it’s looking good, better each year, so I wanted to get it near perfected in anticipation of winter ops, maybe for the 24-25 season. The system’s now running a secondary internal circulation pump and bottom filter, so the main pump and waterfall can be turned off during cold weather hibernation months without incurring water quality issues.
It will still need cleaning at season’s end, but that can be accomplished in a few hours with fish waiting in an aerated bin while the sump pump does it’s work. That’s a whole new maintenance process needing worked out, but we’re getting there. The lily needs re-potted and set in shallower water to get re-started. The plants were all stressed from being inside too long. We’ll call this the before pic for the year:
