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I know this is old hat to all of you. I am sorely in need of your widsom. I am (I fear) facing hours and hours of scrubbing and I am not even sure it will do the job. The pondless stream wasn't netted and so it was filled with leaves all winter. I emptied all the water...cleaned out the leaves...twigs, etc. and will ALWAYS use a net from now on. I think it was the decaying leaves that caused my probem but I am not 100 percent certain. The river rock at the bottom of the stream - once so pretty through the water --are now almost not visible because they have been blackened by some kind of coating. (Decaying leaves??) Anyway, they feel slimy and the bottom of the stream (less than a foot of water in most places) may as well be covered with black landscape fabric and no rock - it is so darkened. I can haul out the rocks -- scrub them-- and put back - but what a job! Is there anything - chemical wise - that I can use to get this crud off the river rock? Some of the larger rocks along the sidewalls dried up well once we took the water out of the stream. These rocks also were affected and so I tried to clean them with a scrub brush. Before scrubbing, the black stuff flaked a bit and is checkered appearing - but it is really hard to scrub off. The slick/slimy feel to the rock went away - but the rock is still blackened in spots. I am next considering a metal scrub brush - like a grill cleaner. Yesterday my husband surprised me by filling up the stream again --1100 gallons of water - and so whatever I do must now be done IN the water. All suggestions greatly appreciated. Edited to make sense!
This message was edited Jun 7, 2008 11:16 AM
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