Algae

(Joe Williams) wrote:

I get my straw on E-bay

I get my barley straw at Ace Hardware (Weaver's in Fleetwood, PA).

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:32:44 -0500, Stephen Henning
wrote:

(Joe Williams) wrote:

I get my straw on E-bay

I get my barley straw at Ace Hardware (Weaver's in Fleetwood, PA).

That's quite away for me to travel to Fleetwood, PA so eBay might be a
better bet. I meant to mention that I'm in the UK not far from the
Japeneese Koi Carp Center in Bedfordshire, but I've never seen barley
straw there; maybe more moey in chemical solutions! That's a bit
unfair as I've always found friendly and helpful, but I've still got
an algea and green water problem.

I meant mention that when I measure the water quality there's nothing
that appears to be out of order (not measured it since last summer).

When you use barley straw how do you put it in the water and how much
do you have to use? Could I go to a farmer and just ask him for some,
we very rural here but it's the wrong time of year?

Regards

nemo2

I meant mention that when I measure the water quality there's nothing
that appears to be out of order (not measured it since last summer).

What tests are you performing and what are the results? Besides ammonia &
nitrite, what's the pH and KH? Water temp? ~ jan


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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:01:57 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

I meant mention that when I measure the water quality there's nothing
that appears to be out of order (not measured it since last summer).

What tests are you performing and what are the results? Besides ammonia &
nitrite, what's the pH and KH? Water temp? ~ jan


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Hi Jan,

I haven't run a test this year yet, but when I was having the problem
last year pH was neutral and absolutely no trace of anything. I
brought a pond vac today gave the pond a good clean so I let it settle
and then run a water test and post the results here.

Not sure what the water temperature is, but I was getting some stones
from the bottom of the pond and my arm was freezing. Seriously, I'm in
the UK and the air temperature has been in the high 60's degrees F for
the last couple of days, but before the week before the pond was
frozen. I did see my fish swimming around which was nice as I said
earlier that a heron is a frequent visitor.

regards

nemo2

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 21:18:40 +0000, nemo2 wrote:

What tests are you performing and what are the results? Besides ammonia &
nitrite, what's the pH and KH? Water temp? ~ jan

I haven't run a test this year yet, but when I was having the problem
last year pH was neutral and absolutely no trace of anything.

Hmmm, with a pH of 7.0, I'm betting your KH (buffer) isn't adequate. If
buffer isn't adequate, filtration/nitrogen cycle isn't efficient.

brought a pond vac today gave the pond a good clean so I let it settle
and then run a water test and post the results here.

With more complete info, we can guess better. ~ jan

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