Pond water brown, scummy & murky.

My gardener was going, earlier this year, to clean out my pond & sort it as it has lots of sediment build up. He started doing it, but stopped as we have lots of newts in it & as they are protected you can't disturb them. There are no fish, a heron ate those ages ago. There is no pump in the pond.
I looked for a solution on line now the pond looks worse & have ordered these items from Amazon..
iQuatics 1kg Activated Carbon-High Absorption & Bermuda Sludge Bomb.
Can anyone tell me if these will work, I haven't had this problem before & the pond has been there for around 40 years. Thanks.

Re: Pond water brown, scummy & murky.

Never tried those tiff, I used to keep a koi pond many years ago now and there was al sorts of stuff you could get to clear the water, I would give it a few days and see if the water clears up, you say the sediment has been disturbed, it may just need to settle back down again

Re: Pond water brown, scummy & murky.

As Primus says, it can take a while to clear once sediment is disturbed, longer if you don't have a pump/filter. Using the sludge bomb will probably help to break the sludge down but I doubt if it will give you clear water. it sounds as though the pond balance has changed for some reason.

Re: Pond water brown, scummy & murky.

Thanks to both of you, it was a while since the pond sediment was disturbed, the brown scum looks horrible, the newts dont seem to mind, but I do.

Will see if what I bought works, when it comes that is.
Thanks again.