"Rick" wrote:

Is Blanketweed something different than Stringweed?

On one side of The Pond it is called string algae and on the other side
it is called blanket weed. It is basically the same thing.

There are 5 natural controls in a pond setting:

1) barley straw (it kills it)
2) snails & tadpoles (they eat it)
3) bacteria & enzyme treatments (they eat the dead algae and snail &
tadpole poop keeping it from settling to the bottom of the pond)
4) plants (they prevent it by consuming the nutrients that the algae
need)
5) shade such as water lilies (algae need sunlight)

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