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Questions about S.A.B.
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Once the sun took an angle to hit my pond most of the day, and with water temp at about 70 deg F, major string algae. It grew faster than I could take it out -- remove in the AM, it was back in the PM. I prefer a natural balance, but this stuff was absolutely taking over! I dosed with String Algae Buster, and it definitely knocked it down, within about 24 hours. The stuff became more brittle, and when removed, grew back much more slowly. I also got some anacharis, water hyacinth, parrot feather to hopefully start to compete with it for nutrients. After about 5-6 days, the stuff started taking off again, so I dosed the pond again yesterday. Questions: (1) What kind of results can I expect with this stuff? Will it totally resolve the problem? (2) Directions say to dose about every 7-10 days -- do I just dose it again when it starts to grow, or should I wait the full 7-10 days? (3) The stuff is supposed to be harmless to fish and plants, is there any downside to using it? (4) Directions don't state whether I should turn off my UV - any comments? Thanks - ~ 1200 gal, zone 10b, six, 6" Koi. |
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Questions about S.A.B.
dont use chemicals. build a veggie filter and remove more of the nutrients.
what is your fish to water ratio? use a high protein high quality fish food and dont feed so much. GF have no stomach so the food is in and out. overfeeding just puts undigested food into teh water which is waste that fouls the water. Ingrid "stricks760" wrote: Hi - Once the sun took an angle to hit my pond most of the day, and with water temp at about 70 deg F, major string algae. It grew faster than I could take it out -- remove in the AM, it was back in the PM. I prefer a natural balance, but this stuff was absolutely taking over! I dosed with String Algae Buster, and it definitely knocked it down, within about 24 hours. The stuff became more brittle, and when removed, grew back much more slowly. I also got some anacharis, water hyacinth, parrot feather to hopefully start to compete with it for nutrients. After about 5-6 days, the stuff started taking off again, so I dosed the pond again yesterday. Questions: (1) What kind of results can I expect with this stuff? Will it totally resolve the problem? (2) Directions say to dose about every 7-10 days -- do I just dose it again when it starts to grow, or should I wait the full 7-10 days? (3) The stuff is supposed to be harmless to fish and plants, is there any downside to using it? (4) Directions don't state whether I should turn off my UV - any comments? Thanks - ~ 1200 gal, zone 10b, six, 6" Koi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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"stricks760" wrote in message ink.net... Hi - Once the sun took an angle to hit my pond most of the day, and with water temp at about 70 deg F, major string algae. It grew faster than I could take it out -- remove in the AM, it was back in the PM. I prefer a natural balance, but this stuff was absolutely taking over! I dosed with String Algae Buster, and it definitely knocked it down, within about 24 hours. The stuff became more brittle, and when removed, grew back much more slowly. I also got some anacharis, water hyacinth, parrot feather to hopefully start to compete with it for nutrients. After about 5-6 days, the stuff started taking off again, so I dosed the pond again yesterday. Questions: (1) What kind of results can I expect with this stuff? Will it totally resolve the problem? (2) Directions say to dose about every 7-10 days -- do I just dose it again when it starts to grow, or should I wait the full 7-10 days? (3) The stuff is supposed to be harmless to fish and plants, is there any downside to using it? (4) Directions don't state whether I should turn off my UV - any comments? I have not had a String Algae problem, although I have had string algae. It only occurs for me when my Veggie Filter is not yet up to full speed or is dieing back for the winter. IMHO, killing it with chemicals is doing nothing more then creating a Buffet of dead algae for the new algae to feast upon. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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I think SAB is some kind of a bacteria, as opposed to a chemical, but not
sure. I have six, 6" Koi in 1200 gallons of water, and a very large cascading waterfall into the pond. I think the problem is that my veggie filter hasn't established itself yet, and the pond's getting a lot of sun. I'm only feeding once a day, maybe three days a week, and only what they'll eat in a few minutes. This is, literally, like 20 pellets. I almost wonder if my gardener didn't get some fertilizer in there when he fertilized the lawn, because it just went absolutely nuts after many months of minimal issues with algae. wrote in message ... dont use chemicals. build a veggie filter and remove more of the nutrients. what is your fish to water ratio? use a high protein high quality fish food and dont feed so much. GF have no stomach so the food is in and out. overfeeding just puts undigested food into teh water which is waste that fouls the water. Ingrid "stricks760" wrote: Hi - Once the sun took an angle to hit my pond most of the day, and with water temp at about 70 deg F, major string algae. It grew faster than I could take it out -- remove in the AM, it was back in the PM. I prefer a natural balance, but this stuff was absolutely taking over! I dosed with String Algae Buster, and it definitely knocked it down, within about 24 hours. The stuff became more brittle, and when removed, grew back much more slowly. I also got some anacharis, water hyacinth, parrot feather to hopefully start to compete with it for nutrients. After about 5-6 days, the stuff started taking off again, so I dosed the pond again yesterday. Questions: (1) What kind of results can I expect with this stuff? Will it totally resolve the problem? (2) Directions say to dose about every 7-10 days -- do I just dose it again when it starts to grow, or should I wait the full 7-10 days? (3) The stuff is supposed to be harmless to fish and plants, is there any downside to using it? (4) Directions don't state whether I should turn off my UV - any comments? Thanks - ~ 1200 gal, zone 10b, six, 6" Koi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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