Horrible string algae

I have just turned my pumps and UV filter back on about 2 weeks ago. The water
already looks clean, but what to do about all the string algae. Most of it is
attached to upper level rocks, not much on the bottom. Any good brushes to
use. Help
Cindy

Green water is easy to remove with Potash. String is harder. I tried using pot
scrubber last week. I got no where. I'm waiting for the plants to start, to remove
them string.

Cin1754 wrote:

I have just turned my pumps and UV filter back on about 2 weeks ago. The water
already looks clean, but what to do about all the string algae. Most of it is
attached to upper level rocks, not much on the bottom. Any good brushes to
use. Help
Cindy

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:39:12 -0800, Sean Dinh
wrote:

Green water is easy to remove with Potash.

Potash is simply the third ingredient in fertilizer (plant food) and
the other two aren't as readily used without the third. Adding
potash to a pond with (N)nitrates and (P)phosphates without (K)potash
will allow the plants to absorb the nitrates and phosphates and
enhance plant growth.

Regards,

Hal

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:39:12 -0800, Sean Dinh
wrote:

Green water is easy to remove with Potash.

Potash is simply the third ingredient in fertilizer (plant food) and
the other two aren't as readily used without the third. Adding
potash to a pond with (N)nitrates and (P)phosphates without (K)potash
will allow the plants to absorb the nitrates and phosphates and
enhance plant growth.

Regards,

Hal

I take a 3 ft. piece of 1/4" or 3/8" wood dowel, chuck it in my
cordless drill and wind the algae up with that. When I get a
fist-sized ball, I strip it off and start over.


Roger Grady
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I take a 3 ft. piece of 1/4" or 3/8" wood dowel, chuck it in my
cordless drill and wind the algae up with that. When I get a
fist-sized ball, I strip it off and start over.


Roger Grady
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Green water is easy to remove with Potash. String is harder. I tried using pot
scrubber last week. I got no where. I'm waiting for the plants to start, to remove
them string.

Cin1754 wrote:

I have just turned my pumps and UV filter back on about 2 weeks ago. The water
already looks clean, but what to do about all the string algae. Most of it is
attached to upper level rocks, not much on the bottom. Any good brushes to
use. Help
Cindy

When algae season hits, I just bite the bullet for a while, since I
can't ever seem to totally erradicate it. I twirl it up into a ball
on a piece of lath like green spaghetti and haul it out by the bucket
loads! After the other plants cover the surface of the pond, the
algae problem subsides, since it thrives on sunlight.
If anyone knows of a good algae remedy that #1 -won't hurt my goldfish
or other plants, and #2 -won't make my pond look like a swimming pool,
please post!
Good luck,
Gary

When algae season hits, I just bite the bullet for a while, since I
can't ever seem to totally erradicate it. I twirl it up into a ball
on a piece of lath like green spaghetti and haul it out by the bucket
loads! After the other plants cover the surface of the pond, the
algae problem subsides, since it thrives on sunlight.
If anyone knows of a good algae remedy that #1 -won't hurt my goldfish
or other plants, and #2 -won't make my pond look like a swimming pool,
please post!
Good luck,
Gary

I have excellent luck re all kinds of algae with barley straw. I put the
barley straw in a hamster ball with a thin rope attached to pull it out
with.

It takes a month or so to get working but after that the algae is gone.

I buy the straw for about $3.00 a bale at the farm store. Places that deal
with pond supplies charge outrageous prices.
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I have just turned my pumps and UV filter back on about 2 weeks ago. The
water
already looks clean, but what to do about all the string algae. Most of
it is
attached to upper level rocks, not much on the bottom. Any good brushes
to
use. Help
Cindy