Duck weed
I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems
fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? -- =^..^= |
Duck weed
"Smith" wrote in message news:C3mzc.86$e%.81@newsfe2-win... I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? snip Koi and Goldfish love to eat Duckweed. It's like candy to them. In my pond, I can't keep it alive. Last year, I was scooping it out of my pond by the gallon, every day, just to keep up with it. This year, none came back, and the batch I saved in the house, was mowed down by the Koi before it could take ahold of the pond. In my zone 6ish area of MD, the duckweed eventually dies back in mid summer, drops seed and disapears. BV. |
Duck weed
In my zone 6ish area of MD, the duckweed eventually dies back in mid summer, drops seed and disapears. BV. I always thought that duckweed wasn't hardy, but I added no plants to the veggie filter this year and duckweed appeared. I scoop it out regularly as a treat for the fish - it doesn't last long with the koi. -- Bonnie NJ |
Duck weed
You can over fill the pond and then use the hose to wash it to the area of
overflow. A large amount can be skimmed off fairly quickly, but if you don't get it all, and don't have the pond pigs to keep it under control, it will be back. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Smith" wrote in message news:C3mzc.86$e%.81@newsfe2-win... I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? -- =^..^= |
Duck weed
"RichToyBox" wrote in message
news:MVrzc.36253$eu.9880@attbi_s02... You can over fill the pond and then use the hose to wash it to the area of overflow. A large amount can be skimmed off fairly quickly, but if you don't get it all, and don't have the pond pigs to keep it under control, it will be back. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Smith" wrote in message news:C3mzc.86$e%.81@newsfe2-win... I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? -- Sorry to barge in on Anthonys thread but... Assuming it's not going to go away, what will reliably eat the stuff. My Shibunkin taste it, then reject it; I've no room for Koi, so something small that loves duckweed would be pretty handy. Any ideas? |
Duck weed
a pond skimmer will remove it. need to empty the skimmer pretty often at first.
Ingrid "groovy" wrote: Assuming it's not going to go away, what will reliably eat the stuff. My Shibunkin taste it, then reject it; I've no room for Koi, so something small that loves duckweed would be pretty handy. Any ideas? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. |
Duck weed
Donald Duck wrote so something
small that loves duckweed would be pretty handy. Any ideas? A small duck? I think you are best to try and spray and net it off. Though I think I'll go find a snail in my filter and give him a bowl of duckweed and see what he thinks about it. Will report back. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
Duck weed
"Smith" wrote in message news:C3mzc.86$e%.81@newsfe2-win... I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? These and associated links should tell you all that anyone might ever want to know about Duckweed! ....Gil http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL...s/duckweed.htm http://www.mobot.org/jwcross/duckweed/duckweed.htm |
Duck weed
Comets (goldfish) and golden orfes eat sizeable quantities of duckweed
everyday and I need to keep a starter spawn in a seperate container. Are you sure it isn't fairy moss ? Neither koi nor my comets will eat that stuff. They take a taste and spit it out. I get rid of it by netting or waiting till winter kills it off. |
Duck weed
I think the only thing you can do is net as much of it as you can. I have a
smell amount around the tops of my plant pots, and there was some next to the pots that seems to have vanished. None of my fish seem to be interested in it, (comet goldfish ,ghost carp and orf) but I suspect something is eating it. Mouse UK ( Yorkshire ) "Smith" wrote in message news:C3mzc.86$e%.81@newsfe2-win... I'm in the UK and my pond has become covered in duck weed. Everything seems fine in the pond but I would like to get rid of it. Any ideas? -- =^..^= |
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