Posted by TonyIN on July 20, 2012 at 05:22:19 from (72.49.12.76):
In Reply to: Dirty Pond posted by Old Bob on July 19, 2012 at 19:41:54:
My experience and what I have been told, for what its worth....
Grass Carp like weeds and grass. The last thing they will eat is algae. Found that out early on.
As someone else mentioned, 8ft seems a bit shallow for this heat. Warm water is not helping. Not sure if your aerator is bottom based or a surface type fountain. Bottom is better. I battle it in my shallow end even though I have a bottom based aeration system at the 25 ft deep end. Sometimes, like now in a heat wave, I run a shore mounted pump that spits water out in the shallow end (a poor mans fountain...) just to help that end out and keep the top moving
Copper sulfate does work. Surface applied through a sprayer seems to work for me.
The blue type dye filters sunlight and helps prevent submerged weed growth. Not sure, but sounds like your algae growth is surface. I use the blue stuff in February or March before the grass carp get active. At least for me, using it at only half the recommended dose seems to work. I do that because I don't care for the artificial blue look.
Algae loves fertilizer. Livestock produce a lot of fertilizer. So does your neighbor who fertilizes his lawn. Look at the ground area that drains to your pond and see what is draining there.
Is your pond site wooded? Leaves that make it to the bottom and decompose add to the algae problem.
I know I haven't given many solutions here, but maybe finding the source will help. My solution is catch the algae when it first starts and keep at it with the copper sulfate in a garden sprayer. I prefer the liquid type products - your choice and what works may be different.
If the water is just a green color and not a surface mat of algae, you have a different issue. I think that is called an algae bloom? Can't help you on that - have not had that one yet.
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