Your pond sounds about 1500-2000 gallons. One way to figure out true capacity is measure how long your tap+ hose takes to fill a 3 or 5 gallon bucket and then how long it takes to fill the pond. You should be able to do the math. Best thing to do is pump out this water, clean the remaining silt out, set up a submersible pump in a prefilter going to a skippy or other biofilter that feeds a waterfall. Refill, get filter going, buy some waterlilies and some other plants good for your climate, pot them and place into pond. After about a week, put in some cheap goldfish. If after a year, you have kept them alive and have discovered if local predators (birds, coons, ...) don't snack on them, you can go for more expensive goldfish. Your pond is too small for koi. You can get a submersible pump that also has a fountain attachment or a separate fountain pump. My pond (1500 gallons) is pretty low maintenance and is set up the way I describe above with goldfish and rosy reds, waterlilies, and several types of marginals + parrot's feather.

As long as the reservoirs are filled they should wick the correct amount of water. If the water runs low, you'll know it. The plants will wilt almost immediately. Curled leaves are not a major problem and won't affect growth.

Help! I have a point pond about 700 gals. I have tea colored water. I have a 850 gal pressurized pond filter, a UV light a small 600 gal. pond filter and a 900 gal. Laguna power jet filter. I have water lilies, hyacinth (3), creeping Jenny, black elephant ears ( planted in clay), a fountain, and two waterfalls. The pond gets morning sun only and only for 4 hours(daybreak till 10am or so) I have lost to of my fish to dropsy in the last month. Water tested good, all within limits. I have done a quick clean of the small filter, but left the big one alone. I have salted my pond, used pimafix and melafix, added good bacteria, partial water exchange (20%), and I am afraid I will lose more fish and be left with plants and a tea colored pond. I live in the Poco o Mtns. in Pa. and we have a small window for summer, and have had a ton of rain this year. Can someone give me advice! First time mommy to koi, dumb! ANY advise will be great. Thanks

Unfortunately dogs do occasionally splatter things on the wall. Sometimes it's slobber or ear gunk. I just fill a bucket with water and some dish soap and scrub it off. I usually only use magic erasers when it's dog toy skid marks on the wall.