Algae

Well I keep my 1.65 mil gal natural pond pretty well free of algae
with baraclear-80 which is nothing more than common alum bonded with
bentonite clay in pellet form. I use powdered alum in my holding tanks
and outside aquariums with good results. It will make the water cloudy
since its a powder, but it settles out within a few hours just fine.
The pelleted form Baraclear does not cloud water and sinks right to
the bottom, but I did not have sufficient amount of pelleted form on
hand so I tried just the plain powdered alum and it works just fine,
except for initial clouding. And contrary to what you hear alum is not
harmfull to fish any more than any thing else is if its used in the
proper proportions. I would think you can buy alum in any pharmacy in
the UK or anywhere else in the world.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:08:24 +0000, nemo2 wrote:

===Hi all,
===
===Sorry to see religous types are trying to take over this newsgroup,
===but I hope all true ponders will continue to post.
===
===However, I have a pond about ~600 gallons that is 21 months old, built
===in July 2003. In 2003 I didn't have any problems , but in 2004 I was
===plagued with what I believe was string algea. I tried some chemical
===cures, but they didn't really work. Now early 2005 when the
===temperatures are still fairly low (UK temps 5 - 10 degrees C) I seem
===to have an algea problem developing. I don't really want to go through
===the problems I had last year so I'm considering 2 options, the first
===is UV light and the second is barley straw (where can you buy it in
===UK?)
===
===Pond guessitmated (I know there's no such word) to be about 600-700
===gallons, 12 green tench and 25 golden rudd. At least I hope as I have
===a heron visit several times a week, but I believe the pond is designed
===to protect the fish, i.e. no shallow banks and over 3 foot deep in the
===middle.
===
===Any suggestions appreciated.
===
===Regards
===
===nemo2


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

"~Roy~" wrote in message
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Well I keep my 1.65 mil gal natural pond
SNIP


YOUR WHAT!?!??!?!?!?

HOW MANY GALLONS?


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Your what what?????????????????

Thats what I said. 1.65 MILLION GALLONS is what my pond
contains.............sounds like a lot of water but its not a lot for
the average sized natural ponds normally found around here.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:16:40 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

===
==="~Roy~" wrote in message
t...
=== Well I keep my 1.65 mil gal natural pond
===SNIP
===
===
===YOUR WHAT!?!??!?!?!?
===
===HOW MANY GALLONS?


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

"~Roy~" wrote in message
...
Your what what?????????????????

Thats what I said. 1.65 MILLION GALLONS is what my pond
contains.............sounds like a lot of water but its not a lot for
the average sized natural ponds normally found around here.

snip

In my book, you gots you a lake.

How many acres is it? Depth? How do you filter it?


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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:57:52 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

===
==="~Roy~" wrote in message
et...
=== Your what what?????????????????
===
=== Thats what I said. 1.65 MILLION GALLONS is what my pond
=== contains.............sounds like a lot of water but its not a lot for
=== the average sized natural ponds normally found around here.
===
===snip
===
===In my book, you gots you a lake.
===
===How many acres is it? Depth? How do you filter it?

Depth varies up to 21+ feet deep. its not filtered, just
aerated.........covers better than 1 acre but it varies from time to
time as I am always increasing my ponds boundaries and changing
things. Banks range from tapering from 0" to banks that just drop off
down to 5' of more. I just finished raiseing the pond level an
additional 10 inches, which in turn changes its boundaries yet again.
Someday, I'll get it where I want it.


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:28:22 GMT, (~Roy~) wrote:

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:57:52 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

===
==="~Roy~" wrote in message
. net...
=== Your what what?????????????????
===
=== Thats what I said. 1.65 MILLION GALLONS is what my pond
=== contains.............sounds like a lot of water but its not a lot for
=== the average sized natural ponds normally found around here.
===
===snip
===
===In my book, you gots you a lake.
===
===How many acres is it? Depth? How do you filter it?

Depth varies up to 21+ feet deep. its not filtered, just
aerated.........covers better than 1 acre but it varies from time to
time as I am always increasing my ponds boundaries and changing
things. Banks range from tapering from 0" to banks that just drop off
down to 5' of more. I just finished raiseing the pond level an
additional 10 inches, which in turn changes its boundaries yet again.
Someday, I'll get it where I want it.


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

Don't know about my pond being green, but I certainly am with envy.

Thanks for the response I get back when I've had time to read them and
let you know what I've tried and what luck I've had.

Regards

nemo2

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:16:40 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:


"~Roy~" wrote in message
.. .
Well I keep my 1.65 mil gal natural pond
SNIP


YOUR WHAT!?!??!?!?!?

HOW MANY GALLONS?

Nah, I fink you've got it wrong, it is in fact a 1.65 millilitre pond,
probably occupied by amoeba, rotifers and other single celled
organisms, best viewed in the early evening under the 300 times
magnification of a microscope. Occaisional visitors to the pond
include flatworms and kippers.
Sorry for the sarcasm, no offence intended.
Seriously though, would there be any chance of a link to some photos
please.

TIA
Howard
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm

ICQ: 321716099

Well I would have at one time, however now, with a few individuals who
are notorious to email bombs and stirring up- problems I prefer to not
advertise my site since the last episode I had with one certain
individual and threatening emails.......If its worth your trouble you
can always do a google search back around sept 04 or so and you can
probably find a link to it, but like I said, at the present time, I
prefer not to post any links.

If there is an email contact on your website, I'll send you a link to
my website that way..........

Its nothing fancy, just a hole with lots of water and a few dodads
around.....hopefully this year with all the Iris and other plants I
have in it will look a lot better than it has in years past.



On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:10:19 +0000, Yorkshire Pudding wrote:

===On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:16:40 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:
===
===
==="~Roy~" wrote in message
et...
=== Well I keep my 1.65 mil gal natural pond
===SNIP
===
===
===YOUR WHAT!?!??!?!?!?
===
===HOW MANY GALLONS?
===
===Nah, I fink you've got it wrong, it is in fact a 1.65 millilitre pond,
===probably occupied by amoeba, rotifers and other single celled
===organisms, best viewed in the early evening under the 300 times
===magnification of a microscope. Occaisional visitors to the pond
===include flatworms and kippers.
===Sorry for the sarcasm, no offence intended.
===Seriously though, would there be any chance of a link to some photos
===please.
===
===TIA
===Howard
===http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm
===
===ICQ: 321716099


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:10:08 GMT, (~Roy~) wrote:



Well I would have at one time, however now, with a few individuals who
are notorious to email bombs and stirring up- problems I prefer to not
advertise my site since the last episode I had with one certain
individual and threatening emails.......If its worth your trouble you
can always do a google search back around sept 04 or so and you can
probably find a link to it, but like I said, at the present time, I
prefer not to post any links.

If there is an email contact on your website, I'll send you a link to
my website that way..........

Its nothing fancy, just a hole with lots of water and a few dodads
around.....hopefully this year with all the Iris and other plants I
have in it will look a lot better than it has in years past.

Still in the process of building our website, but thanks for reminding
me to make more of an effort on it. I'll put a temporary contact
address on it until I figure out how to stick it on a button to open
Outlook. Many thanks for your reply Roy and I look forward to seeing
your website with lots of water and a few doodads around hehehe.
Sorry, just the Yorkshire sense of humour showing through again.
Catch you later mate,

Howard
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/otters/Fish.htm

ICQ: 321716099