Its a garden, not an aquarium.... Stop using chemicals...My customers are
firm believers in more plants...Doesn't have to be "aquatic" plants....Go to
the nearest box store and buy any plants you want, soak them down and gently
place them on your plant shelf so that the top of the landscape pot it came
in is about 1" below the surface...Floating algae is the last on the food
chain and the bigger plants will love the nutrients....Yes, they will grow,
especially shade type plants. Plant just about anything from your yard in
peagravel in pots...Just pull it out of the ground and plant it in the pot
just like normal....Throw a handful of tall fescue seed in...You'll have a
pretty cool grass bed in the bottom that will grow to the top of the
water....A green pond is a healthy pond and Ma nature is just letting you
know who is in control...I think it was the Doc who years ago said
benevolent negligence is the key to having a nice pond? So true....Have
faith amigo, each year the algae bloom will be quicker as your plants become
established...It will still have a bloom, but your fish love
it.....Yeah...Ma Nature can be funny sometimes.....
No chem's....Algae quick fixes are nothing but Hydrogen Peroxide for big $$$
per bottle because of the word "pond" or "aquatic" is on it and yes they
work quick but in the right conditions they will also kill off the
beneficial algaes and the process starts over again...If you must use
something buy a bale of Barley Straw (not the little block for $15.00 that
says "for Ponds") get the AREA not volume and divide by 100, this will give
you how many pounds to put in the pond, in an onion bag with a rock in it
under the waterfall or next to the pump intake...20 days later you will see
clearer water and that little plug will last about 5-6 months.....
Or build a bigger filtration
system............................................ .....