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Helpa Pond Newbie (please)
I bought a house with a man made pond about 15' in diameter. 60% of
the surface covered with either pond plants or shade from surrounding trees. I have a waterfall pump circulating water from one side through a hose to the other side where it spills it back into the pond. Unfortuneatly, the surface has been growing a green algae and also thousands of tiny yellow/green seeds or leaves are in the pond. Are those tiny seeds part of the algae or a product of one of the pond foliage? I currently don't have any fish in the pond; would adding fish make that go away? If not, what can I do to keep it relatively clean? thanks!! |
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I bought a house with a man made pond about 15' in diameter. 60% of the surface covered with either pond plants or shade from surrounding trees. I have a waterfall pump circulating water from one side through a hose to the other side where it spills it back into the pond. Unfortuneatly, the surface has been growing a green algae and also thousands of tiny yellow/green seeds or leaves are in the pond. Are those tiny seeds part of the algae or a product of one of the pond foliage? I currently don't have any fish in the pond; would adding fish make that go away? If not, what can I do to keep it relatively clean? thanks!! Can you take a picture and post it to a website? I'm wondering if you have duckweed rather than algae. Google for a picture of that or Azolla. ~ jan I'd think you're right on this. This is my favorite duckweed page, quite comprehensive: http://www.mobot.org/jwcross/duckweed/duckweed.htm As for the getting rid of it, Koi might eat it. Or they might not. Duckweed appreciates still water, so upping the tempo on the waterfall might help. Finally, whatever it is -- Duckweed or not! -- requires nutrients to grow. That it's growing so heavily implies nutrient-laden water Get a bigger filter. You don't have to buy one, read he http://www.pondsolutions.com/bog_filter.htm And he http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search As a last resort (only look to this /after/ proper biofiltration is in place for your pond), read he http://www.emperoraquatics.com/whati...rilization.php C// |
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"Courageous" wrote in message ... Finally, whatever it is -- Duckweed or not! -- requires nutrients to grow. That it's growing so heavily implies nutrient-laden water Get a bigger filter. You don't have to buy one, read he http://www.pondsolutions.com/bog_filter.htm ========================== Or you can make your own from a Rubbermaid water trough for about $50, hoses and bulkheads included. :-) -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:33:04 -0700, Courageous wrote:
This is my favorite duckweed page, quite comprehensive: http://www.mobot.org/jwcross/duckweed/duckweed.htm Excellent! Finally, whatever it is -- Duckweed or not! -- requires nutrients to grow. That it's growing so heavily implies nutrient-laden water I don't know about that, I use it in my containers holding plants only to keep the algae from growing, no fish in the containers. Seems water and sunlight is about all it needs to flourish. I would think a skimmer would help a lot. One might have to manually skim it off, but a mechanical skimmer would (hopefully) get the remaining ones. ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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Hi - thanks for the website. I do indeed have a duckweed problem .
I planted several more water liles yesterday so hopefully they will use up the nutrients instead of the duckweed. I'm not prepared at this point to go digging trenches etc. next to the pond to solve this problem - is there some way to kill the duckweed off? If not can anyone suggest a solution that doesn't involve digging trenches or spending hundreds of dollars? I don't mind the algae blooms because I think they will go away on their own, but the duckweed is getting worse. thanks! |
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If you can overflow the pond, then use the hose as a broom and sweep the
duckweed over the edge. It may not get rid of all of it, but will get rid of a lot. If you have municipal water, then be sure to dechlor. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html wrote in message oups.com... Hi - thanks for the website. I do indeed have a duckweed problem . I planted several more water liles yesterday so hopefully they will use up the nutrients instead of the duckweed. I'm not prepared at this point to go digging trenches etc. next to the pond to solve this problem - is there some way to kill the duckweed off? If not can anyone suggest a solution that doesn't involve digging trenches or spending hundreds of dollars? I don't mind the algae blooms because I think they will go away on their own, but the duckweed is getting worse. thanks! |
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Hi - thanks for the response - firstly, I have water lilies and such in
the pond and can't just sweep the hose over the top. Second, if it won't get all the duckweed, won't it just grow back in a few days anyway? What would be the effect of adding some goldfish (to eat the duckweed)? Would I need to keep the waterfall pump running all winter (zone 4/5) if I did that so the fish don't die? thanks! RichToyBox wrote: If you can overflow the pond, then use the hose as a broom and sweep the duckweed over the edge. It may not get rid of all of it, but will get rid of a lot. If you have municipal water, then be sure to dechlor. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html wrote in message oups.com... Hi - thanks for the website. I do indeed have a duckweed problem . I planted several more water liles yesterday so hopefully they will use up the nutrients instead of the duckweed. I'm not prepared at this point to go digging trenches etc. next to the pond to solve this problem - is there some way to kill the duckweed off? If not can anyone suggest a solution that doesn't involve digging trenches or spending hundreds of dollars? I don't mind the algae blooms because I think they will go away on their own, but the duckweed is getting worse. thanks! |
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Courageous wrote:
I bought a house with a man made pond about 15' in diameter. 60% of the surface covered with either pond plants or shade from surrounding trees. I have a waterfall pump circulating water from one side through a hose to the other side where it spills it back into the pond. Unfortuneatly, the surface has been growing a green algae and also thousands of tiny yellow/green seeds or leaves are in the pond. Are those tiny seeds part of the algae or a product of one of the pond foliage? I currently don't have any fish in the pond; would adding fish make that go away? If not, what can I do to keep it relatively clean? thanks!! Can you take a picture and post it to a website? I'm wondering if you have duckweed rather than algae. Google for a picture of that or Azolla. ~ jan I'd think you're right on this. This is my favorite duckweed page, quite comprehensive: http://www.mobot.org/jwcross/duckweed/duckweed.htm As for the getting rid of it, Koi might eat it. Or they might not. Duckweed appreciates still water, so upping the tempo on the waterfall might help. Finally, whatever it is -- Duckweed or not! -- requires nutrients to grow. That it's growing so heavily implies nutrient-laden water Get a bigger filter. You don't have to buy one, read he http://www.pondsolutions.com/bog_filter.htm And he http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search As a last resort (only look to this /after/ proper biofiltration is in place for your pond), read he http://www.emperoraquatics.com/whati...rilization.php Now THAT's a lot of duck weed!!! :-) . I am just so happy that mine is starting to grow! We are now at the 1/2 point of our ponding season. Next month when things start to cool of late August, stuff won't be growing so much and the winters here kill all the duck weed, wh, w lettuce, and anything aquatic that cannot be submerged. But who is thinking about that now? Not me! Oh, no, not me! :-P . W. Dale |
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