Re: Pump keeps getting blocked.
#4
weather loaches dont eat algae so wouldn't help
if you can block access to all the plants for a couple of weeks and avoid feeding the fish then the grass carp should start eating the blanket weed
if you get a large planting basket and place the pump inside it then it'll get blocked up instead so the pump ill stay clearer for longer, or you could make a complete surround for the pump then that would be better as the pump shouldn't clog at all, but that involves feeding the pipe through a tight fitting hole in the middle of one basket and then tieing the 2 baskets together with the plastic ties with the pump inside. water and bits of dirt will go through but the big clogging bits will just get stuck outside
if you can, rent a pond vac for a day and vac the bottom, it can only help really
HTH
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