I don't know if that level of salt will do anything for algae or not. I
have run levels as high as 0.3% which is nearly 3 pounds per 100 gallons and
barely slowed down the plants. I have heard that the so called oxygenators
plants that are totally submerged will be killed by these salt levels. It
will not affect the fish at all.
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RichToyBox
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"Nanceemo" wrote in message
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I bought Helen Nash's book, after I read here it was a good one. She
mentions
several times adding salt to kill algae bloom. I inherited an eight-year
old
beautiful pond with the purchase of this home, and here in desert country
I'm
having a lot of trouble maintaining it with what little I know. I can't
believe I am reading right ... she recommends two pounds of noniodized
salt per
one hundred gallons of water. I simply cannot visualize adding twenty
pounds
of salt to an approximately 1,500 gallon pond. What effect would this
have on
the plants and fish?