"captain039-recponds" wrote in message
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I should have asked if below zero weather will kill the algae we now
have, or if it would be wise to use an algaecide or something else?
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No, freezing wont kill it. It will come back in the spring if conditions are
the same. You may want to get rid of some of your goldfish. How about
overfeeding? No one's just tossing fish food in your pond an walking off I
hope (a mistake a friend of mine was making). All uneaten food will decay
and feed the algae. Water lettuce competes well with algae and thrives in
partial shade. It simply starves it out. Water lilies will shade it out
algae and live in partial shade although most wont bloom in such conditions.
Adding some hornwart and elodia will also help starve it out.
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