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Green Ponds and decaying material
Typically green ponds can be a result of a bacteria algae.
Cyanobacteria is just one example. The poster who suggested no herbicides or algaecides I am in complete agreement with. In my opinion, when you use these products you disturb the natural balance of the pond. When the chemicals kill the algae, his idea on that is right on, what is killed sinks to the bottom. This is an unhealty situation for a pond. This material is often referred to as an organic load. Basically what happens is the DO levels drop when the material starts to decompose. You also will get that "fishy" smell in most cases, and will also see those bubbles start to rise to the top. The bubbles are the H2S gas escaping. If you have a cement pond, this can lead to corrosion in your pumps metal works. It also can lead to corrosion of the cement. I had a pond that installed a diffusion system, which in theory, should provide oxygen to the pond. But what he did was run it to the bottom of the pond, thereby dredging upp all the decayed material and actually turning the pond over. He was distributing nutrients to the entire area. ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . .. 40,000+ species of Phylum, ohKee! Boy, was I off! ~ jan On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 04:16:36 GMT, Charles wrote: On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:26:46 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: "PondWoman" wrote in message I am an aquatics consultant, work only with algae, and would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Happy Ponding PondWoman www.bluewaters.us How many species of algae are there really? I've heard up to 300, close? ~ 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 A few more. Phylum Chlorophyta 17,000 species Phylum Rhodophyta 4000-6000 species Phylum Ochrophyta 10,000 species Phylum Dinophyta 2,000-4,000 species Phylum Haptophyta 300 species Phylum Cryptophyta 200 species Phylum Euglenophyta 900 species Phylum Glaucophyta number not listed Phylum Cyanobacteria number not listed This data approximate, from the book "Algae" by Linda E Graham and Lee W. wilcox See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Green Ponds and decaying material
cyanobacter are true bacteria.. they are procaryotes
algae are eucaroytes. people include them as plants, some not. http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/course...16-Jan-03.html pea soup in ponds is not commonly caused by blue green bacteria. Ingrid Typically green ponds can be a result of a bacteria algae. Cyanobacteria is just one example. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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