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I've got a massive algae problem in my little pond, anyone know a quick and
easy way to solve this? Thanks, Pete |
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"Pete" wrote in message ... I've got a massive algae problem in my little pond, anyone know a quick and easy way to solve this? Pete, How "little" is your little pond? What kind of algae is it: string or mossy or what? Do you have fish? Do you have a filter or skimmer? My "little" pond is about 600 gallons, and I have fish. I have successfully used a product called "Algae Fix", but I am sure to clean out the skimmer and filter to get rid of the dead algae left behind. If I don't do this, the dead algae will provide food for a new algae bloom. HTH, NJ |
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Pete wrote:
I've got a massive algae problem in my little pond, anyone know a quick and easy way to solve this? Thanks, Pete No, patience and lots of plants and more patience. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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Algae fighting tips ~ New ponds and spring ponds need time for plants to get established, algae is quicker at getting going! ~ add LOTS of plants, of any kind, in the pond. Especially underwater plants. ~ Shade is good - provided by lily pads, floating plants or artificial shade for part of the day. ~ LOW fish stocking (20 gallons per goldfish, 100 per koi) and *not* overfeeding the fish. ~ building a mechanical filter to screen gunk. ~ build a veggie filter, run water through plants, as easy as floating water hyacinth in your filter. ~ clean up dead plant matter and screen for falling leaves in the fall. ~ water movement, occasional water changes of 10% ~ add a sludge consumer, concentrated bacteria. I use A HREF="http://united-tech.com"http://united-tech.com/A ~ building ponds with bottom drains and skimmers. ~ do not use algaecides, they only make lots of suddenly dead algae and that will feed the next algae bloom. ~ do not worry about algae that grows on things (substrate algae) this is good for a pond ~ gently remove string algae ~ UV filters - expensive but work on green pea soup water (single cell algae). ~ patience and time ;-) k30a |
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Pete,
Here's the FAQ website for rec.ponds: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html There may be an answer for you there. So far, my best discovery was that the algae on the side of a pond are "good" algae, so I don't have to worry about removing them. Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "Pete" wrote in message ... I've got a massive algae problem in my little pond, anyone know a quick and easy way to solve this? Thanks, Pete |
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Thanks everyone for all the advice, I live int he Uk with a small garden, I
guess the pond is about a metre square in all, I just built it to be a little wildlife pond and I am going to put lots more pond plats into it, I was just a tad worried about the algae, it is not a fish pond. I have part of my garden growing wild to try to get some natural wildlife, I was just worried as the water was so murky. Thanks all for the invaluable advice, Pete "Anne Lurie" wrote in message .com... Pete, Here's the FAQ website for rec.ponds: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html There may be an answer for you there. So far, my best discovery was that the algae on the side of a pond are "good" algae, so I don't have to worry about removing them. Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "Pete" wrote in message ... I've got a massive algae problem in my little pond, anyone know a quick and easy way to solve this? Thanks, Pete |
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