Algea

[kris]

Hello,

Have any one experiance with the redfield ratio ?

(N / P = 16 )

Which values have your pond ?

NO3 = ?
PO4 = ?
Algea (stick on bottom)= Not present/Little/much

Thx

[Elaine T]

kris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Have any one experiance with the redfield ratio ?
>
> (N / P = 16 )
>
> Which values have your pond ?
>
> NO3 = ?
> PO4 = ?
> Algea (stick on bottom)= Not present/Little/much
>
> Thx

I have experience with it in planted fishtanks and it works quite well.
My best tank is 8 ppm nitrate, 0.5 ppm phosphate and grows almost no
algae. Some on the glass that is easily scraped off is all.

I suspect it would work equally well in ponds, as long as there are a
lot of plants without fertilizer tabs at the roots. Higher plants must
be using N,P, and K from the water column to outcompete algae.

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