20-04-2005, 03:01 PM
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wrote:
Algae outbreaks are a sign that you may have too many fish, you are
overfeeding your fish, or you don't have enough pond plants to consume
it.
or just that it is spring and the plants are just getting started, the
pump was shut off for the winter, and no fish were fed at all.
I have a spring fed pond which will clear up in about a month when all
the elements of nature get in balance, but now it is just recovering
from an early spring attack of string algae. There is no pump, no
filter, and no fish food, but there are some Golden Shiner minnows,
snails, tadpoles, frogs, a snake, etc.
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18,000 gallon (17'x 47'x 2-4') lily pond garden in Zone 6
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA
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