John,

Hmmmmmm. Good idea. I live in Colorado so there isn't much water to have
native plants. I do see a bunch of cat tails so I might try that. Don't
know how they deal with the wind but I can try. New Mexico must have
similar problems. What grows in your pond? I've noticed the water
hyacinth are a great chew toy for my fish (I need to get a net for
them). Iris is weird. Young shoots look really good, but then sort of
get sad looking as they get taller. This repeats.

All this said, I've only had really clear water for 2 weeks. I'm
wondering if rather than "add plants to remove the algae" it's not more
like "get rid of the algae so your plants will grow." I.e., maybe now
things will improve. My anacharis has doubled in the past week and it
used to just die no matter how I babied it.

Anyway, thanks.

Matt

john rutz wrote:

Matt

thinking about your plant problems,, when purchasing plants for the
pond look for plants that are native or near native to the natural
water sources in your area.
I hav had no luck introducing "non wild" plants into my pond system.

the ones that grow in the large man made fishing ponds around me seem to
be the best to adapt to my pond.