AlgaeFix anyone??
I was wondering if anyone on the newsgroup has tried AlgaeFix. It is
supposed to kill the floating algae without harming the plants or fish. I have done two doses per the instructions in the last week and my water seems to be clearing up, I can see down about 5" now where I couldnt before. -- Thanks, Lisa |
AlgaeFix anyone??
It is one item that I know for sure works.
I have used it many times. But....you need to clean the detached algae out of your pond, unless you want to fight MOAA (Mother of all algae) -- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Ted" wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone on the newsgroup has tried AlgaeFix. It is supposed to kill the floating algae without harming the plants or fish. I have done two doses per the instructions in the last week and my water seems to be clearing up, I can see down about 5" now where I couldnt before. -- Thanks, Lisa |
AlgaeFix anyone??
I've just started using it myself after a string algae outbreak.
I've been told to not let the string algae get out of hand, and I see it sure can (this is a Koi pond, BTW). The weather is not yet supporting floating plants that would compete with it, otherwise I'd rather not use it. I have a UV which does take care of the pea soup algae. I wish there was a fix for the string algae that didn't bother the algae that grows on the pond walls & floor. The AlgaeFix doesn't seem to bother my water lilies or any other plants, as advertised. On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:59:19 GMT, "Ted" wrote: I was wondering if anyone on the newsgroup has tried AlgaeFix. It is supposed to kill the floating algae without harming the plants or fish. I have done two doses per the instructions in the last week and my water seems to be clearing up, I can see down about 5" now where I couldnt before. -- Thanks, Lisa Steve J. Noll | Ventura California (zone 10) | Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv |
AlgaeFix anyone??
So you would recommend the UV light??? I have pea soup and have never had a
problem with string algae. I get full sun from morning to night and am in South Texas were it is hot!!! I usually get pea soup before all the plants fill back in. "Steve J. Noll" wrote in message ... I've just started using it myself after a string algae outbreak. I've been told to not let the string algae get out of hand, and I see it sure can (this is a Koi pond, BTW). The weather is not yet supporting floating plants that would compete with it, otherwise I'd rather not use it. I have a UV which does take care of the pea soup algae. I wish there was a fix for the string algae that didn't bother the algae that grows on the pond walls & floor. The AlgaeFix doesn't seem to bother my water lilies or any other plants, as advertised. On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:59:19 GMT, "Ted" wrote: I was wondering if anyone on the newsgroup has tried AlgaeFix. It is supposed to kill the floating algae without harming the plants or fish. I have done two doses per the instructions in the last week and my water seems to be clearing up, I can see down about 5" now where I couldnt before. -- Thanks, Lisa Steve J. Noll | Ventura California (zone 10) | Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv |
AlgaeFix anyone??
On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:33:21 GMT, "Ted"
wrote: So you would recommend the UV light??? I have pea soup and have never had a problem with string algae. I get full sun from morning to night and am in South Texas were it is hot!!! I usually get pea soup before all the plants fill back in. Absolutely! My pond is also in full sun. Although it's only 9 months old I've never had a spec of 'pea soup' algae. I'm running an 80W Aqua UV with my 2500 gallon pond. UV's definitely work on the pea soup. They don't work on the string algae, though. Steve J. Noll | Ventura California (zone 10) | Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv |
AlgaeFix anyone??
I get full sun from morning to night and am inSouth Texas were it is hot!!!
I usually get pea soup before all the plants fill back in. I'm running an 80W Aqua UV withmy 2500 gallon pond. UV's definitely work on the pea soup. I think you said the magic words....algea until the plants fill back in....I think if you want an extra expense....and they can be expensive....and you like gadgets and machines, and you don't mind killing every living thing that is in the water that goes thru the uv ( including good stuff) then by all means get a uv light.....If on the other hand you want a natural pond that will clear in a few weeks, I would spend the hundreds of dollars the uv will cost, and get a few beautiful lilies. Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond |
AlgaeFix anyone??
If you want to become a chemical addict.
Anything that kills is a pesticide, in this case an algaecide. When that algae dies it dumps all the nitrates, nitrite, etc right back into the water feeding another algae bloom which requires another dose of chemical. Don't fret about the String Algae, it WILL go away as your pond matures. Every time you hit your pond with an algaecide you also kill off the beneficial fuzz algae that is slower growing, but will eventually out compete suspended and long string algae. I have a fully stock koi pond, 16 in 1500 gallons counting the 200 in the filter. The koi are an average of 12-18 inches. I do not suffer spring suspended algae bloom, nor do I get any string algae (knock on wood for saying that now). I do not have a UV. I do screen the pond throughout the winter and it is fairly shaded from noon to 6pm. Patience or drug... ah chemical addiction? Wantta guess what your pond supply vendor is "pushing"? ;o) ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =----- |
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Sometimes a UV is a great thing. (I was lucky and found mine on
clearance for $39 down from $119--Whoo-hoo!) Here in Arizona, my pond is crystal clear, with tons of plants, good bio filtration, and a moderatly stocked fish load. Looks great, lots of lily pads to cover the surface. This is fine, until...Arizona Summer! Since we live in a cookie cutter community with a Gestapo--I mean, Homeowner's Association--and a very small backyard, we don't have any shade trees or structures we can put up for shade. Once we hit summer (~110 degrees average), lily pads don't last very long and I go from about 75% coverage to about 30%, with lots of strong sun and nice warm algae growing water. Until I started using the UV, I had murky water until about the end of September, when it cleared up again. I don't think it's so much the heat as the strong sun that kills, oh, anything that is not desert native! It just burns up the leaves. My marginals do pretty good, but the lilies don't really like it. They thrive in spring though. And I'm sorry, yes it's not 100% natural, but I want to see my fish! Plus the warm water encourages parasites, so it helps keep them out. All in all, I'm very happy with it. |
AlgaeFix anyone??
Sounds great!
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AlgaeFix anyone??
Will your Gestapo allow you to put up one of those portable canapys, like
you see at flea markets and art shows? Or what about a (damn! I forgot the word!) - one of those things that looks like a trellis, only wider that can be used to offer shade? Lee "AZKalEl" wrote in message om... Sometimes a UV is a great thing. (I was lucky and found mine on clearance for $39 down from $119--Whoo-hoo!) Here in Arizona, my pond is crystal clear, with tons of plants, good bio filtration, and a moderatly stocked fish load. Looks great, lots of lily pads to cover the surface. This is fine, until...Arizona Summer! Since we live in a cookie cutter community with a Gestapo--I mean, Homeowner's Association--and a very small backyard, we don't have any shade trees or structures we can put up for shade. Once we hit summer (~110 degrees average), lily pads don't last very long and I go from about 75% coverage to about 30%, with lots of strong sun and nice warm algae growing water. Until I started using the UV, I had murky water until about the end of September, when it cleared up again. I don't think it's so much the heat as the strong sun that kills, oh, anything that is not desert native! It just burns up the leaves. My marginals do pretty good, but the lilies don't really like it. They thrive in spring though. And I'm sorry, yes it's not 100% natural, but I want to see my fish! Plus the warm water encourages parasites, so it helps keep them out. All in all, I'm very happy with it. |
AlgaeFix anyone??
Not sure, I am thinking of making something though. I think as long
as it does not go higher then the back fence it's OK. I thought maybe a garden trellis look, like a wooden frame with 1x1's laid across the top spaced about 4-6 inches apart, to let sunlight in but just cut it down a bit. As the sun moved across the sky so would the shaded lines on the pond, so it will get sun but in conjunction with periods of shade. Not sure how it would look though. Thought of making it easily removable so if I want it out for the cooler months it wouldn't be a big deal. |
AlgaeFix anyone??
I have a small (850 gal) pond in zone 5b. I have used AlgaeFix with great
success on string algae, following the product directions. Enjay |
AlgaeFix anyone??
"Ted" wrote in message m...
I was wondering if anyone on the newsgroup has tried AlgaeFix. It is supposed to kill the floating algae without harming the plants or fish. I have done two doses per the instructions in the last week and my water seems to be clearing up, I can see down about 5" now where I couldnt before. Never had a serious problem worth a fret with green water here, I keep a lot of aquatic plants in the pond and that destroys algae most of the year. If blanketweed ever shows up, a local dose of 0.03ppm of copper sulphate destroys that. I figure a $7 tub of copper sulphate should keep algae dead and gone for 10 years or so and that could do a lot of ponds... Any chemical 'algae' fix is never going to be anything more than a short term fix, it is fighting against nature, not a real solution at all, whereas upping aquatic plants and not overstocking is working with nature, long term... I'd be very wary of any kind of 'shelf' product sold for clearing algae, some are based on vicious herbicides with unknown long term secondary effects, like killing plants, killing fish... perhaps thats intended to sell more chemicals to 'fix' the problems that emerge months after the 'poison' winds its secondary effects out on fish and plants. Not what I really want to stick in my pond, deary me no, lol regards, andy http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html (andys aquatic plant list for interesting swaps) http://groups.msn.com/pondplantaquaticplantexchange -------------------oo-------------------- |
AlgaeFix anyone??
Never had a serious problem worth a fret with green water here, I keep
a lot of aquatic plants in the pond and that destroys algae most of the year. If blanketweed ever shows up, a local dose of 0.03ppm of copper sulphate destroys that. I figure a $7 tub of copper sulphate should keep algae dead and gone for 10 years or so and that could do a lot of ponds... Any chemical 'algae' fix is never going to be anything more than a short term fix, it is fighting against nature, not a real solution at all, whereas upping aquatic plants and not overstocking is working with nature, long term... I'd be very wary of any kind of 'shelf' product sold for clearing algae, some are based on vicious herbicides with unknown long term secondary effects, like killing plants, killing fish... perhaps thats intended to sell more chemicals to 'fix' the problems that emerge months after the 'poison' winds its secondary effects out on fish and plants. Not what I really want to stick in my pond, deary me no, lol regards, andy http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html (andys aquatic plant list for interesting swaps) http://groups.msn.com/pondplantaquaticplantexchange -------------------oo-------------------- "Ted" wrote in message m... I was wondering if anyone on the newsgroup has tried AlgaeFix. It is supposed to kill the floating algae without harming the plants or fish. I have done two doses per the instructions in the last week and my water seems to be clearing up, I can see down about 5" now where I couldnt before. |
AlgaeFix anyone??
I installed a trickle tower (basically lava rock and a bubbler head) in
conjunction with my main stock tank filter and my inital algae bloom, with some string algae, disappeared in less than a week. All my readings were very low or zero year long. |
AlgaeFix anyone??
"adavisus" wrote in message om... Any chemical 'algae' fix is never going to be anything more than a short term fix, it is fighting against nature, not a real solution at all, whereas upping aquatic plants and not overstocking is working with nature, long term... I'd be very wary of any kind of 'shelf' product sold for clearing algae, some are based on vicious herbicides with unknown long term secondary effects, like killing plants, killing fish... perhaps thats intended to sell more chemicals to 'fix' the problems that emerge months after the 'poison' winds its secondary effects out on fish and plants. Not what I really want to stick in my pond, deary me no, lol This is the third year for my pond AND my four fish, all of whom have repeatedly wintered over here in zone 5b. Admittedly, I have a small pond (850 gal), and I can lean a bit on some "quick fix" products for initial troubles, but I have noticed NO ill effects from any "off the shelf" products I have used in my pond. My plants do wonderfully, my water is crystal clear, my fish are thriving with nary a problem, and my pH level, chlorine level, and Kh levels are excellent. My skimmer and falls were turned on for the first time this season on April 2nd, and the brief appearance of algae was much much less than the same time last year. So...apparently what I "stick in my pond" (after much careful reading and consideration) seems to be doing the trick, and may for other small ponders as well. NJ |
AlgaeFix anyone??
"AlgaeFix" is manufactured by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals,
http://www.pondcare.com Most pond retailers carry it. A 64 oz bottle goes for about $35. Treatment is 4 ounces/1200 gallons, a couple times for the first week, then once a week. It is effective on string algae, blanketweed, and pea soup algae. It is safe for fish and plants, but not crustaceans. On Thu, 1 May 2003 21:45:45 -0400, "Joan Pomatto" wrote: Where do you buy algae fix, and who is the manufacturer? Thanks------- "RED1102" wrote in message ... I have used AlgaeFix and it worked great. I had a major problem with string algae last year. It lasted all year, but when I used the algefix it cured the problem. I had no problem with it bothering the fish or my plants. Good Luck Carole NJ Steve J. Noll | Ventura California (zone 10) | Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv |
AlgaeFix anyone??
This is the best place on line for algaefix or most other pond supply.
http://www.aquaticeco.com Later. -- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Joan Pomatto" wrote in message news:3eb1cbc4_4@newsfeed... Where do you buy algae fix, and who is the manufacturer? Thanks------- "RED1102" wrote in message ... I have used AlgaeFix and it worked great. I had a major problem with string algae last year. It lasted all year, but when I used the algefix it cured the problem. I had no problem with it bothering the fish or my plants. Good Luck Carole NJ |
AlgaeFix anyone??
I keep seeing reference to the "fuzz" that is only 1-2" in length. The fuzz
that grows in my pond is much longer - maybe 6" in some areas. I am not sure if this is string algae, since the same stuff seems to adhere to roots of floaters and other plants but doesn't float freely in the pond itself. Does is sound like good or bad algae? TIA, Fred On 5/4/03 3:42 PM, in article , "~ jan" wrote: The important thing is not to kill off the fuzz algae that adheres itself to the sides and only grows 1-2 inches in length. This can take up to 3 years to get a good crop, continuous use of an algaecide can knock it back. ~ jan |
AlgaeFix anyone??
IMHO, there is no bad algae (exception the blue green algae that is a
bacteria I can't spell, anyone?). There are just water quality issues that need to be addressed to meet the standards of the ponder. Fuzz algae, the primo stuff, doesn't wipe off easily, takes a scrub brush to remove in many situations. ~ jan I keep seeing reference to the "fuzz" that is only 1-2" in length. The fuzz that grows in my pond is much longer - maybe 6" in some areas. I am not sure if this is string algae, since the same stuff seems to adhere to roots of floaters and other plants but doesn't float freely in the pond itself. Does is sound like good or bad algae? TIA, Fred On 5/4/03 3:42 PM, in article , "~ jan" wrote: The important thing is not to kill off the fuzz algae that adheres itself to the sides and only grows 1-2 inches in length. This can take up to 3 years to get a good crop, continuous use of an algaecide can knock it back. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =----- |
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