Yellow plants mean no iron in the water. Let the green water sit and
hopefully it'll clear. Changing the water only gives the algae new trace
minerals. I bet your phosphate levels are high.

Sam

"Raven" wrote in message
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Hi all ... been lurking for a while, and you guys & gals seem like a
friendly bunch ... so, I finally decided to post, need some help here ...
chemical or otherwise. Have 2 ponds in our backyard - the first one is on
the smaller side (125 gallons - prefab), which we've had for close to two
years, under the shade of a huge oak - has been a breeze to take care of ..
healthy fish, healthy plants .. no problems whatsoever with this one. The
problem is with the new pond that hubby put in about a month ago (heh, the
reason he gave for building a new pond was so I didn't have to throw plants
out ... though, I think that was only an excuse, he's already talking pond
#3 - he's hooked!). Anyway ... this new one is slightly larger than the
first ... 160 gallons, and in full sunlight. When he had everything set up,
thought it might be a good idea to transfer some water from the first pond
to speed things up a bit - so, I did that. Placed excess plants from the
first one in there - and waited a couple of weeks to put fish in. No fish
deaths, but ... Hyacinths & Lettuce are turning yellow (lack of nitrogen?)
Noticed about a week ago that ONE single blade of grass has punched through
the liner (6 mil, white) ... that was kind of a surprise, wasn't expecting
that (and could this be part of the problem?) Have a pump in there that is
circulating the water (can't state the specks on it ... I'd have to dig up
the package) We've had LOADS of rain within the past month ... so, the next
thing is something that I was not expecting so quickly. Walked outside a
few days back to feed fish, and noticed that the water was slightly green -
within the following days, it got progressively worse. Today, couldn't even
see the bottom - so, dumped half the water and replaced it - which did not
make much of a difference. I realize that with this new pond being in
direct sunlight, the upkeep is going to be a bit more difficult as far as
algae is concerned ... (could a shift in PH levels help this .. currently at
8.0) but, what do I need to do to stabilize this thing and get rid of the
hideous murky green water? Thanking everybody in advance
~Raven~





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