and its a real drag! some days the pond looks better and the next it looks terrible. since i put the net on it looks terrible. i plan to take the net off tomorrow. i am beginning to suspect that my naughty fish have dug all the rocks off the top layer of my lily pots and are digging the soil and that's causing some of the issue. so i'm going to take out all the pots tomorrow, top them up with soil, add a new heavier layer of rocks and see how it goes.
here's what the filter looks like everyday. the black net bag is what holds the lava 