On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:18:57 GMT, Bonnie
wrote:

John Bachman wrote:
We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the
fish
are moving about regularly.

With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the
water
is so cold?

TIA

John



Two very good cold water plants are water cress and water
celery. My pond still had a thin layer of ice recently and
the water celery was already starting to green. This plant
will take over the world if allowed though, so be warned!


And yet i cant get it to grow in my pond...