I am looking for ideas on how to manage the string algae in the
lilly
pond. The lilly pond is 15' x 45' by 3.5' or about 19,000
gallons. I
know that shade and reducing nutrients reduces the green water
algae but
that this won't eliminate the string algae. Now, with just the
spring
water running out of the plastic drain pipes we are getting
string algae
growing in the end of the pipe where the water is running out.
The
nutrient level in this water must be rather high. It is acidic
also.


Gardener's Supply Company offers a barley straw gizmo that it
claims will keep a pond algae free. It's on page 28 of their
spring 2004 catalog.

I'd never heard of this "cure" but may give it a try in my tiny
goldfish pondlet.

However, the algae will go away anyway as spring draws to a
close.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson