~ janj JJsPond.us wrote:

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:24:03 GMT, (Roy) wrote:

Jan, interesting theory there.

Last year when I had massive algae blooms I was told by AUM (Auburn
University) and the Universtiy of Florida to dose my pond with PP,
to rid it of excessive nutrients. Any remaining junk after the second
dose if a second dose was needed would essentially be inert and add
little to no nutrient value to future algae blooms.......dunno if its
true or not, but thats what I was told by them.

Hmmmm, well now you have me rethinking, I do know there is a KHA that
treats his water garden ponds with 2ppm now and then to rid them of the
organic mulm.

PP is an oxidizer, but where would the organics go/become?

I would have _thought_ (I'm no chemist) that it just precipitates the
organics out of the water column - I would expect "mulm" to still be there,
but perhaps as a denser precipitate. I can certainly see how it would make
nutrients unavailable to algae.
--
derek