String algae will come on back if the conditions are right. You can remove
large amounts of it. We remove about a soccer ball per week. More comes.
The main pond is totally clear of it wherever the koi can reach. Where they
cannot, some grows. In the veggie filters, we get lots. Use it for
fertilizer. Nutrients out of your pond!

P



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"K30a" wrote in message
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Gail wrote Should I have left the string algae in for the baby
whatever-they-are?

The string algae maybe what was keeping the single cell algae (when the
water
looks green) at
bay. It uses up the nutrients available.
When folks raise fish for a living they want green water. Single cell
algae is
baby food for fish. Tadpoles tend to work on substrate algae (grows on
surfaces). Both will nibble on string algae when they get bigger.
Do you have a magnifying glass? You can scoop out the critters and look at
them. A frog or toad tadpole will have a distinctive head and tail. A
rosie red
baby will be a single slender shape with larger eyes.


k30a