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Dying Floating Pond Weed
Hi, I have a small (100 gallon} pond with a few Koi. During the summer good
shade cover was obtained from water lilies and aggressive water hyacinths which was allowed to cover 2/3rd's of the pond. Now that the weather has turned cold the plants are dying and leaves are going black. Should I remove these dying plants or leave them to cover the fish through the winter months when it could ice over?? Will the decay jeopardize the water quality? Can anyone tell me the consequences or make recommendations. Thanks Tony |
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In my opinion, you should remove as much dead vegetation as possible. I
have a very large pond, and lost several fish this summer because of an increase in nitrites that I believe was caused by some dying vegetation that I left in the pond. At least, when I removed the vegetation, the fish stopped dying. |
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In my opinion, you should remove as much dead vegetation as possible. I
have a very large pond, and lost several fish this summer because of an increase in nitrites that I believe was caused by some dying vegetation that I left in the pond. At least, when I removed the vegetation, the fish stopped dying. |
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"Tony Crabtree" wrote in message news:Rhutd.180$Ya4.133@edtnps84... Hi, I have a small (100 gallon} pond with a few Koi. During the summer good shade cover was obtained from water lilies and aggressive water hyacinths which was allowed to cover 2/3rd's of the pond. Now that the weather has turned cold the plants are dying and leaves are going black. Should I remove these dying plants or leave them to cover the fish through the winter months when it could ice over?? Will the decay jeopardize the water quality? Can anyone tell me the consequences or make recommendations. Thanks Tony I always dead and dieing plant matter during the growing season. I have never had a fish problem from rotting plants, but letting them rot can be a huge maintenance item, so it's best to clean them as they go. In the fall, I tend to scoop out all of my floating plants and then just let the other lie. They die, and sinkt to the bottom where the frogs, and other critters use the gunk for protection. I scoop it out in the Spring. -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
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"Tony Crabtree" wrote in message news:Rhutd.180$Ya4.133@edtnps84... Hi, I have a small (100 gallon} pond with a few Koi. During the summer good shade cover was obtained from water lilies and aggressive water hyacinths which was allowed to cover 2/3rd's of the pond. Now that the weather has turned cold the plants are dying and leaves are going black. Should I remove these dying plants or leave them to cover the fish through the winter months when it could ice over?? Will the decay jeopardize the water quality? Can anyone tell me the consequences or make recommendations. Thanks Tony I always dead and dieing plant matter during the growing season. I have never had a fish problem from rotting plants, but letting them rot can be a huge maintenance item, so it's best to clean them as they go. In the fall, I tend to scoop out all of my floating plants and then just let the other lie. They die, and sinkt to the bottom where the frogs, and other critters use the gunk for protection. I scoop it out in the Spring. -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
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yes you need to clean it out if you don't want your fish to die, but your
pond is way to small to over winter anyways, I hope this is not to late. "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "Tony Crabtree" wrote in message news:Rhutd.180$Ya4.133@edtnps84... Hi, I have a small (100 gallon} pond with a few Koi. During the summer good shade cover was obtained from water lilies and aggressive water hyacinths which was allowed to cover 2/3rd's of the pond. Now that the weather has turned cold the plants are dying and leaves are going black. Should I remove these dying plants or leave them to cover the fish through the winter months when it could ice over?? Will the decay jeopardize the water quality? Can anyone tell me the consequences or make recommendations. Thanks Tony I always dead and dieing plant matter during the growing season. I have never had a fish problem from rotting plants, but letting them rot can be a huge maintenance item, so it's best to clean them as they go. In the fall, I tend to scoop out all of my floating plants and then just let the other lie. They die, and sinkt to the bottom where the frogs, and other critters use the gunk for protection. I scoop it out in the Spring. -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
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