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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
Hi All!
we finally got a week of sunny weather here, and my pond just got inundated w/ algae.. Its gotten so murky, you can harldy see more then 12" in.... I think its gonna get worse! what can I do to clear this up??? (Cheap and safe are the key words here) We've got pre wedding festivities starting here in just under two weeks, and I'd like the pond to be semi visible atleast! Would pleco's help? Should I go out and get a tonne of duckweed and more water hyancinth? I've been adding plants slowly, and the pond is in direct sunlight for 80% of the day...... Temperature flux's big time too... BTW, can I throw my 1" bushy nose cats out there? I have about 16 to 18 feeder goldfish out there (1.5" to 3"), a sunfish, a couple of Firemouth cichlids, and a couple of Brichardi (Neolamp).... I know, i know....... |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
I have tried alot of different methods to get rid of green-water.......this combo worked within 24hrs. http://www.pondliner.com/PF1.htm http://www.pondliner.com/TetraUV.htm |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
For a special occasion you can use the 95%-100% water change method the day
of the festivities, but you will get the full algae bloom within a couple of weeks after that. Just be sure to use plenty of dechlor, and add water slowly to keep from shocking the fish with a temperature difference. You can also use a polymeric water clarifier (Crystal Clear, ProClear, Accu-Clear) that will flocculate the algae, making it easier for the filter to trap it. They are relatively inexpensive, and have the same drawback of algae bloom later. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "The Madd Hatter" wrote in message ... Hi All! we finally got a week of sunny weather here, and my pond just got inundated w/ algae.. Its gotten so murky, you can harldy see more then 12" in.... I think its gonna get worse! what can I do to clear this up??? (Cheap and safe are the key words here) We've got pre wedding festivities starting here in just under two weeks, and I'd like the pond to be semi visible atleast! Would pleco's help? Should I go out and get a tonne of duckweed and more water hyancinth? I've been adding plants slowly, and the pond is in direct sunlight for 80% of the day...... Temperature flux's big time too... BTW, can I throw my 1" bushy nose cats out there? I have about 16 to 18 feeder goldfish out there (1.5" to 3"), a sunfish, a couple of Firemouth cichlids, and a couple of Brichardi (Neolamp).... I know, i know....... |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
Both of these seem doable for the short term. What would you suggest
as a natural combatant for the long term? If I cover 80% of the surface with floaters like duck weed and water hyacinth, and some lilies, would this gradually reduce the algae levels? I don't have the budget to do anything expensive like put a UV clarifier etc in. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:30:02 GMT, "RichToyBox" wrote: For a special occasion you can use the 95%-100% water change method the day of the festivities, but you will get the full algae bloom within a couple of weeks after that. Just be sure to use plenty of dechlor, and add water slowly to keep from shocking the fish with a temperature difference. You can also use a polymeric water clarifier (Crystal Clear, ProClear, Accu-Clear) that will flocculate the algae, making it easier for the filter to trap it. They are relatively inexpensive, and have the same drawback of algae bloom later. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
No more fish! Their waste is contributing to the algae bloom.
Shade the pond now. Use old sheets, whatever is around the house. Do a sloooooooow water change the day before. good luck! k30a |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
Lots of plants. Hyacinths, lettuce, iris are good feeders on the same stuff
that the algae needs. The main cure for algae, IMO is patience. Unfortunately, most of us really lack in that department, and the quick fixes work for a day or a week and then it is back. Might as well just wait it out. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "The Madd Hatter" wrote in message ... Both of these seem doable for the short term. What would you suggest as a natural combatant for the long term? If I cover 80% of the surface with floaters like duck weed and water hyacinth, and some lilies, would this gradually reduce the algae levels? I don't have the budget to do anything expensive like put a UV clarifier etc in. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:30:02 GMT, "RichToyBox" wrote: For a special occasion you can use the 95%-100% water change method the day of the festivities, but you will get the full algae bloom within a couple of weeks after that. Just be sure to use plenty of dechlor, and add water slowly to keep from shocking the fish with a temperature difference. You can also use a polymeric water clarifier (Crystal Clear, ProClear, Accu-Clear) that will flocculate the algae, making it easier for the filter to trap it. They are relatively inexpensive, and have the same drawback of algae bloom later. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
That would be the best solution, I think... With what I'm doing in the pond, clarity is not really imperative, though it would be nice... I'm planning to use it as a breeding pond or grow out pond for cichlids, which don't really show that well anyway... I had originally put the goldfish in there just to cycle the water, about a month after I filled it... I had thought I'd be putting fairly large, full grown New World cichlids in, so I figured the goldfish would just become a meal at that point... Now I've decided to stick to smaller species... I have a pair of firemouths in there (i think, since I can't see them...), and I had put a few neolamprologous brichardi in there that were wreaking havoc in my tanks by breeding and killing everything around them,.. I think only two of the 7 survived the drop in temperature though... I also have a sunfish that I caught at a local lake, and for some reason tossed in there.... I might just take the sunfish, and firemouths out and use the pond to grow out my ever increasing brood of african cichlids in it... I have roughly 250 of them, ranging from 0.5" to 1", and from 5 species.. I have 5 females holding right now that will probably saddle me with another 200 all together, if they carry their normal spawns. I'll put the ones I have right now outside to grow out, and use the tank space for the ones that are on thier way.. Most of them are Mbuna from Lake Malawi, which are primarily algae grazers in the wild.. (Might be part of the solution here!!) I think a month or so should be enough to get them all to around 2.5" to 3" in size...At which point I can cash in to the money train, retire, and move to New Zealand to raise sheep..... (Lemme just hang on to that one for a while!) On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 02:27:33 GMT, "RichToyBox" wrote: Lots of plants. Hyacinths, lettuce, iris are good feeders on the same stuff that the algae needs. The main cure for algae, IMO is patience. Unfortunately, most of us really lack in that department, and the quick fixes work for a day or a week and then it is back. Might as well just wait it out. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
For long term-patience is best. I have been lurking on this group for a couple
years. Had my first ever algae bloom a few weeks ago. I have always read on here that it would clear in time. It was difficult not to do anything and just look at the murky green water. I went out of town for 3 days this past weekend and came home to beautiful crystal clear water!! Patience worked! Laura |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
In the past I have placed a lawn umbrella over the pond for a week or so till
it starts to clear... of course the plants don't like that method very much. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
If you want a no-hassle long term natural combatant for algae then
just use barley straw. I added 1/3 bale to my 35'x55'x4' pond and within 3 weeks crystal clear water with NO string algae and NO other hassles. Now I can see my thousands of minnows swimming around. That's what I get for throwing in 9 dozen of them 2 months ago. Our new wild rescued from the side of the raod turtle has pleanty of food he can 'see'. Not to mention the thousands of tadpoles. Rick The Madd Hatter wrote in message . .. Both of these seem doable for the short term. What would you suggest as a natural combatant for the long term? If I cover 80% of the surface with floaters like duck weed and water hyacinth, and some lilies, would this gradually reduce the algae levels? I don't have the budget to do anything expensive like put a UV clarifier etc in. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:30:02 GMT, "RichToyBox" wrote: For a special occasion you can use the 95%-100% water change method the day of the festivities, but you will get the full algae bloom within a couple of weeks after that. Just be sure to use plenty of dechlor, and add water slowly to keep from shocking the fish with a temperature difference. You can also use a polymeric water clarifier (Crystal Clear, ProClear, Accu-Clear) that will flocculate the algae, making it easier for the filter to trap it. They are relatively inexpensive, and have the same drawback of algae bloom later. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
"GrampysGurl" wrote in message ... In the past I have placed a lawn umbrella over the pond for a week or so till it starts to clear... of course the plants don't like that method very much. Am I the only demented fool that celebrates when my water turns green? Green is better then orange. BV. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
"Chester Deja" wrote in message
om... If you want a no-hassle long term natural combatant for algae then just use barley straw. I added 1/3 bale to my 35'x55'x4' pond and within 3 weeks crystal clear water with NO string algae and NO other hassles. Now I can see my thousands of minnows swimming around. That's what I get for throwing in 9 dozen of them 2 months ago. Our new wild rescued from the side of the raod turtle has pleanty of food he can 'see'. Not to mention the thousands of tadpoles. snip Is this the same straw you get in bales at a garden center? I just tossed some down around my pond to help the grass take root, and to try and keep the mud in place. I wonder if I should toss some in the pond? Hmm...Bonnie help...I am going to meddle again... BV. |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
BenignVanilla wrote:
"Chester Deja" wrote in message om... If you want a no-hassle long term natural combatant for algae then just use barley straw. I added 1/3 bale to my 35'x55'x4' pond and within 3 weeks crystal clear water with NO string algae and NO other hassles. Now I can see my thousands of minnows swimming around. That's what I get for throwing in 9 dozen of them 2 months ago. Our new wild rescued from the side of the raod turtle has pleanty of food he can 'see'. Not to mention the thousands of tadpoles. snip Is this the same straw you get in bales at a garden center? I just tossed some down around my pond to help the grass take root, and to try and keep the mud in place. I wonder if I should toss some in the pond? Hmm...Bonnie help...I am going to meddle again... BV. You certainly don't need my permission! Have fun, you've worked hard, have fun puttering or should I say pondering. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
BV Am I the only demented fool that celebrates when my water turns green?
Green is better then orange. Are by chance Irish? ;-) k30a |
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My pond just had its first Algae Bloom! what do I do?????
BenignVanilla wrote: "GrampysGurl" wrote in message ... In the past I have placed a lawn umbrella over the pond for a week or so till it starts to clear... of course the plants don't like that method very much. Am I the only demented fool that celebrates when my water turns green? Green is better then orange. BV. Hey BV you realize you have a money maker there? if your pond isnt green yet bottle the clay and sell it as an algae preventer -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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