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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on
ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Thoughts? -- Gareee© (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
Here's the link to the web info:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_design_w...597675,00.html -- Gareee© (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
Gareee© wrote: Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Thoughts? Yeah your invited to Kill-a-koi festival: Koi-lo aka Carolyn Adamo Gulley Maiden name Witkowski born 1944 Current "husband": Randy R. born 1946 3245 North Lamar Road Mount Juliet TN 37122-7806 |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
no.... to either. salt only 0.05 - 0.1% and no more.
you have to remember that a LOT of these shows on TV use "personalities" ... people who are self promoting and really dont know much of anything. Ingrid "Gareee©" wrote: Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Thoughts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
Hi Ingrid - I agree with you on the salt, but not the bacteria - I have been
using it for 7 or 8 years on a weekly basis - prior to that, I had filamentous (sp? - string) algae all thru my lilies and hanging down the sides of the pond - right now, I have it starting to grow on the sides, but once I get some shade from lily pads and have added bacteria for a few weeks, I know it will start to recede and be gone by June as always in the past. The beneficial bacteria I add is already present in the pond, all I am doing is "boosting" the concentration of it (temporarily)as I know my pond is stocked too heavy (~ 50 fish 3 koi, rest various GF in ~ 1000 gal US) as are most backyard ponds - I should have ~ 8 or 9 GF, but I gave up trying to maintain that amt., and I love my many pets :~) Gale :~) no.... to either. salt only 0.05 - 0.1% and no more. Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Thoughts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
"G Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Ingrid - I agree with you on the salt, but not the bacteria - I have been using it for 7 or 8 years on a weekly basis - prior to that, I had filamentous (sp? - string) algae all thru my lilies and hanging down the sides of the pond - right now, I have it starting to grow on the sides, but once I get some shade from lily pads and have added bacteria for a few weeks, I know it will start to recede and be gone by June as always in the past. The beneficial bacteria I add is already present in the pond, all I am doing is "boosting" the concentration of it (temporarily)as I know my pond is stocked too heavy (~ 50 fish 3 koi, rest various GF in ~ 1000 gal US) as are most backyard ponds - I should have ~ 8 or 9 GF, but I gave up trying to maintain that amt., and I love my many pets :~) =================== They're easy to sex this time of year. You have to clean the pond sooner or later anyway. Just keep the best males. You wont have any more problems with overstocking. We're draining down our 2000g next week to remove 8 young koi spawned last summer, and about 1/3 of the adults. I don't keep GF in the larger ponds anymore. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Aquarium FAQ are at: http://faq.thekrib.com/ ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
G Pearce wrote: Hi Ingrid - I agree with you on the salt, but not the bacteria - I have been using it for 7 or 8 years on a weekly basis - prior to that, I had filamentous (sp? - string) algae all thru my lilies and hanging down the sides of the pond - right now, I have it starting to grow on the sides, but once I get some shade from lily pads and have added bacteria for a few weeks, I know it will start to recede and be gone by June as always in the past. The beneficial bacteria I add is already present in the pond, all I am doing is "boosting" the concentration of it (temporarily)as I know my pond is stocked too heavy (~ 50 fish 3 koi, rest various GF in ~ 1000 gal US) as are most backyard ponds - I should have ~ 8 or 9 GF, but I gave up trying to maintain that amt., and I love my many pets :~) Gale :~) no.... to either. salt only 0.05 - 0.1% and no more. Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Thoughts? Hi Gale, I'm interested in what you use as a beneficial bacteria. I used to frequent this group all the time, but haven't been here recently. We were looking at (now don't freak out), Rid-X as it is a beneficial bacteria for septics. Two of the beneficial bacteria that I have purchased for the pond at great cost looked and smelled just like it. DH said one of his friends at work used Rid-X, but thought he'd used too much as it killed some of his fish. I'm betting there is a safe effective dose of it that can be used, but I'm not willing to sacrifice any fish to find out!!! There is something that I know Jan used to use, and I think it came from Ken's, but I can't remember the rest of the name of the place. What is the one you used? thanks for the help, Olde Hippee, Nan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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On 14 Apr 2006 13:16:23 -0700, "Olde Hippee" wrote:
There is something that I know Jan used to use, and I think it came from Ken's, but I can't remember the rest of the name of the place. What is the one you used? thanks for the help, Olde Hippee, Nan Remember CSA? Well it is now BZT and can be purchased from: United-Tech. -- Google for it perhaps? In 2002 it was $34.45 plus shipping for 8 ozs. if you request Rob's Ponder Special. 1-888-999-0545 So check there, maybe you can give us some updated information. ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
I have been
using it for 7 or 8 years on a weekly basis - prior to that, I had filamentous (sp? - string0 fish 3 koi, rest various GF in ~ 1000 gal US) as are most backyard ponds - I should have ~ 8 or 9 GF, but I gave up trying to maintain that amt., and I love my many pets :~) Gale :~) Hi Gale, I'm interested in what you use as a beneficial bacteria. Hi Nan - I use Bacta Pur Klear and / or SludgeBuster - A $23 Can bottle (liter) does me the whole season (~1000 gal US) - I run out about Sept, but the pond bottom is clean and string algae is long gone. I no longer have to keep dealing with the sludge (mulm) on the bottom of the pond. The bacteria additive eats it up, as well as what ever was feeding the string algae I had. It seems to give the pond water a polished look. Jan used a different product, but I can't remember the name - Jan? Gale :~) |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
there are two major pathways for bacteria, with and without oxygen
a septic system is w/o oxygen and uses anaerobic bacteria, like purple bacteria, and products of anaerobes are ammonia, H2S or hydrogen sulfide and/or S, sulfur which is very toxic to fish. when fish go down to the bottom to root around they are sucking to get food and suck the toxins across their gills which toxes them out. ...With oxygen bacteria can break all the organic stuff down to H2O and CO2. High organic loads can be do to one or all of the following: not enough oxygenation of the water, poor circulation with dead spots in the pond, overfeeding or feeding with high residue foods, a lot of extraneous organic matter getting into the pond, like leaves. Here is the experience of one person in her indoor TANKS. "Jo Ann supplied the following observation and experiment she's been running. Remember that this is a single incident AND it is in a tank. This does not necessarily mean there are not unknown factors at work or this applies to any other tank, water pH, condition, etc. She super sterilized a tank prepatory to moving fish. Unknown to her, her DH had put a small amount of Microlift (an organic waste remover) into this tank to see if it would help reduce the ammonia levels of these fish when they started spawning. The stuff had been sent to them to try out. The first thing she noticed was that peroxide did not clear the purple sterilizing level of PP in the tank. She then dumped all water, changed media and cleaned the gravel. DH added a few more drops of Microlift to the tank (without telling Jo Ann). This is classic example of a blinded study cause Jo Ann sure was in the dark. Jo Ann put in the fish. Soon she noticed the fish were lethargic and the physical showed that the gills were liver colored purple. She immediately checked the water parameters but the ammonia was not bad. She did a water change anyway. Soon the fins were shredded and she moved the fish to fresh water, did scrapes and found nothing. Some of the fish died, others recovered after being moved to fresh water. She dumped all the water in the tank again, left the media. She left the tank for 2 weeks with no fish and then tested for ammonia which was now off scale. She did another super PP treatment and once again the peroxide wouldnt remove the PP. ONce again she dumped the tank, left the media. The next day the ammonia was 0.1. 2 weeks later fish came in, put in the tank but didnt check ammonia in the empty tank. 3 days later the fish were spawning and the ammonia was off the charts. She did a 50% water. 3 days later the fins were shredding and on the fish were on the bottom and lethargic. A scrape showed nothing, gills were purple. The fish were moved out of the tank. Some of the fish died, the rest have neural damage and probably wont survive. She did 2- 100% water changes on the fishless tank, but the ammonia was still off the wall 24hrs later. Did another 100% water change on the empty tank, AND replaced the media completely and found ammonia at 0.1 later that evening. DH now told her he had added the Microlift. She ended up using bleach on the tanks to get rid of the bacteria. Note: The bacteria in the Microlift is purple bacteria. Some species of purple bacteria reduce nitrates to ammonia. Also, purple bacteria eat H2S and so are sold in an H2S formula to keep em alive. All additions of Microlift were less than the recommended dose. Jo Ann has acidic water, adds a calcium buffer to the water and salt. This was the only tank the Microlift was added to, no other tanks of fish (with no Microlift) have these symptoms. " Ingrid "Olde Hippee" wrote: Hi Gale, I'm interested in what you use as a beneficial bacteria. I used to frequent this group all the time, but haven't been here recently. We were looking at (now don't freak out), Rid-X as it is a beneficial bacteria for septics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
Moments before spontaneously combusting Gareee© at
was heard opining: Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Thoughts? ======================= Sounds like they've come up with yet another unnecessary product to *sell* to pond-keepers. ;-) Just my opinion of course. -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 rec.pond's FAQ are at: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
... Sounds like they've come up with yet another unnecessary product to *sell* to pond-keepers. ;-) Just my opinion of course. I dunno.. I really enjoy his show, and he's always had some excellent advise and tips. He also has his own koi pond/stream, and it looks excellent. They usually do most of the shows in his yard, and he showcases what he's done, and how he does it. Plus, he's also pretty creative and funny. Wish I woulda taped it. -- Gareee© (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
"Gareee©" wrote in message ... "Koi-Lo" wrote in message ... Sounds like they've come up with yet another unnecessary product to *sell* to pond-keepers. ;-) Just my opinion of course. I dunno.. I really enjoy his show, and he's always had some excellent advise and tips. ============== First they sell us UV lights to kill algae, free swimming parasites and bad bacteria. Then they sell us bacteria! How did people keep ponds over all these eons without all these products? I suppose if you think you may need them there's no harm in adding them. I don't use salt in my ponds because of all the plants and personally, I see no need for it. But here again, it's whatever works for YOU. :-) -- Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995... Aquariums since 1952 My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Algae control with mainly bacteria and salt?
I use to use weekly bacteria, BZT. Now I just use it if something is "off".
Last year's "off" was water not being as polished as I'd like. I think I used it twice. Ever since I've kept the filter running on slow mo thru winter I haven't had to jump start it. Salt. I usually keep it up around what Ingrid mentioned 0.05-0.1%, sometimes a tad higher in spring. I also do a Prazi treatment spring & fall for flukes. For the lily pond I don't use any salt, and rarely BZT, and then I'm using it more for the enzyme action to help break down mulm. That's my MO. :-) ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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"Gareee©" wrote in message
... Just saw Gardening by the yard on HGTV today, and they had 1/2 the show on ponds and care.. they recommended using a weekly dose of beneficial bacteria, and rock salt. Every surface on this planet is covered with a mixture of beneficial and undesirable bacteria. When the system is balanced, you don't need to continually inject additional beneficial bacteria to the system. Take for example bad breath, the leading cause is an imbalance, and excessive anaerobic bacteria which release sulfur compounds. Proper dental hygiene restores the balance. You don't need to brush your teeth with beneficial bacteria paste, because the beneficial bacteria are already there. Same with your pond, properly aerated, good water flow, and proper plant balance is all that is needed. I have never added beneficial bacteria to my pond, and I have acceptably clear pond water, no algae problems (except the spring algae bloom) and no swamp smells. Realize that the almost every show on HGTV is really an advertisement, they're an endless series of product placements. At least when you watch powerblock on SpikeTV, they're upfront about getting all their parts from JEGS. -S |
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