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16-03-2005, 06:39 AM
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String Algae Update
"Otto Pylot" wrote in message ... Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions that were given. Quite a few of you suggested that we remove the rocks from our pond. However, that was something that we were not willing to do, at least not at this point in time, we like the natural look. So we looked around for safe alternatives. We settled on a compound called AlgaeFix from PondCare. It has worked very well, at least in our case. The pond is about 1200 gal so we just followed the directions. It cleared up almost overnight, with no detrimental effects on the fish or plants. We will continue to follow the initial directions and then see what happens. We've also installed two small barley bales in the top of the waterfall as maintenance. I'm not particularly fond of puttting chemicals in my pond but the string algae was getting out of hand and this seems safe for the fish etc. If anything negative happens, I'll certainly let you all know but so far, so good. -- Deja Moo: I've seen this bullshit before. My address has been anti-spammed. Please reply to: replacing invalid with sonic. What you've done is killed the string algae, and allowed it to decompose on the bottom, where it will add to the nutrient load. So eventually, your string algae will return, perhaps with a vengence. Be sure to add beneficial bacetia to the water. A product such as aquazyme has worked well for me. The bacteria in this product competes directly with string and pea soup algae for the nutrients they need to survive. And as the algae die, the bacteira will eat it, preventing sludge build up in your pond. If you use this or a similar product, it may take a little longer (perhaps up to a month) to rid your pond of the problem, but your pond will be much healthier that it will by simply killing the algae with an algacide. Algacide is also detrimental to any aquatic plants you may have in your pond. The barley straw is a good addition, but if you use it, I recommend that you add aeration to the water. Additional oxygenation will aid the action of the barley straw. Another good addition to reduce the mutrient load is to add more aquatic plants. |
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