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Pea Soup Algae
Eric wrote:
I too have a uv for my savio skimmer and like the way they work. No pea soup for us and easier pond maintance, leaves us more time to enjoy the fish. "Scott" wrote in message ... I know most here suggest plants and more plants, but Algae hits here way before the plants are growing in the spring. I put in a 57 watt Aqua clarifier and in two days the pond was crystal clear. I was truly amazed since the bottom still had leaves and some trash from the winter. What's great now is that the dead algae seems to just fall back to the bottom when I fish around getting the trash off the bottom instead of clouding up the water again. On thing to note on the uv clarifiers is that you need to make sure they're turned off when the pump isn't running. The water circulation is what cools the bulb. So I put a switch that turns both on/off at the same time (just put the switch on one A/C outlet). Plants are great, but if you're impatient like me, the uv is the way to go. And since the bulb last 14 months at a cost of apox. $50, it's not much more than chemicals. Scott |
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Pea Soup Algae
I have used the same UV for 4 years and it still works. But I have an itty bitty
pump just on the UV. the problem with clearing out the pea soup early in spring is what is using up the wastes? once the regular filters are working, then getting rid of the pea soup isnt removing all the filtration ability of algae. Ingrid "Scott" wrote: I know most here suggest plants and more plants, but Algae hits here way before the plants are growing in the spring. I put in a 57 watt Aqua clarifier and in two days the pond was crystal clear. I was truly amazed since the bottom still had leaves and some trash from the winter. What's great now is that the dead algae seems to just fall back to the bottom when I fish around getting the trash off the bottom instead of clouding up the water again. On thing to note on the uv clarifiers is that you need to make sure they're turned off when the pump isn't running. The water circulation is what cools the bulb. So I put a switch that turns both on/off at the same time (just put the switch on one A/C outlet). Plants are great, but if you're impatient like me, the uv is the way to go. And since the bulb last 14 months at a cost of apox. $50, it's not much more than chemicals. Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Pea Soup Algae
I have used the same UV for 4 years and it still works. But I have an itty bitty
pump just on the UV. the problem with clearing out the pea soup early in spring is what is using up the wastes? once the regular filters are working, then getting rid of the pea soup isnt removing all the filtration ability of algae. Ingrid "Scott" wrote: I know most here suggest plants and more plants, but Algae hits here way before the plants are growing in the spring. I put in a 57 watt Aqua clarifier and in two days the pond was crystal clear. I was truly amazed since the bottom still had leaves and some trash from the winter. What's great now is that the dead algae seems to just fall back to the bottom when I fish around getting the trash off the bottom instead of clouding up the water again. On thing to note on the uv clarifiers is that you need to make sure they're turned off when the pump isn't running. The water circulation is what cools the bulb. So I put a switch that turns both on/off at the same time (just put the switch on one A/C outlet). Plants are great, but if you're impatient like me, the uv is the way to go. And since the bulb last 14 months at a cost of apox. $50, it's not much more than chemicals. Scott ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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