BryanB wrote:
String Algae:
What is it? What does it look like? Where can I find pictures? How do
I best deal with it?

I think barley straw is supposed to help.
It is available in small compressed pellets that you put in a mesh bag
and suspend in the pond. After a while the it leaches something into
the water that reduces the growth of algae. It is not 100% control
but it is nature.