Re: OT, Sorta, Catching My Fish

Posted by Texasmark1 on February 01, 2013 at 10:37:30 from (198.45.243.137):

In Reply to: Re: OT, Sorta, Catching My Fish posted by pete black on February 01, 2013 at 09:13:09:

Surely there are others out there but I found a company by the name of Aquacide on the www and they have been in the business for over 57 years. Figured they knew what they were doing.

First off I had a real good (ha) crop of coontail. I liked it as the fry could hide in it and grow up. Worked fine.

Just so happens that in that year the algae was in full bloom partially due to my fertilizing the banks for pasture grazing and obviously some of it got in the water. In short there was a lot of it.

As the summer progressed, the water level shrank exposing the coon tail. The algae just settled on top and as the sun worked on it daily, the algae dried out and became a thick mat. The whole 2 acre pool was covered almost 100%.

Especially in the shallow end, where the temp and dying vegitation removed the oxygen, and no wind/wave action could replenish it, the fish would go up there to forage and run out of O2 before they could get back to the deeper water.

So I had 2 problems: The moss supporting the algae, and the algae. Their product Aquathol Super K Granular was job specific for the moss. They have a cross reference table in their product brochure that explains that. It also does other things they don't mention and that is kill off cattails and gets the algae too. The latter two were very pleasant suprises.

They tell you how to use it and when they say wait for it to work, have some patience. You will be greatly rewarded. However, in a matter of days I could start to see clear spots in the pool and after about a month the pool was essentially clear.

You have to do it a portion at a time to retain your O2 levels which I wasn't worried about since my fish were (all I thought) dead.

The product killed the vegetation and it just sank to the bottom. As stated, you need to continue the treatment when you see moss returning. It's been several years and it still less than 5% of the surface area. The cattails died off in the winter and didn't come back the following spring. The Algae responds to CUSO4, Copper Sulphate which is readily available at big box stores if you want to get a seasonal head start on it. It too takes it's time but works.

The product I bought is 10 x stronger than their previous product. I had no idea as to what it would take for my 2 acre pool. I bought 2 of the 25# pails for about $1400. BIG mistake.

One 10# pail for $350 would have done the job. Several ways you could mitigate the cost, like share with neighbors, save what you didn't use for future applications for a couple. It comes in a sealed plastic pale and will keep nicely.

Good Luck,
Mark

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