Dead algae.. dos that reduce oxy levels?

"Gareee©" wrote in message
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My greenwater finally died off, but now I have brown water.

## A partial water change would probably help.

I built one of those "milk crate" submerged filter, driven by our large
pond
spitter pump, but noticed this am, the fish all in a cluster, doing the
air
sucking thing.

## Now THAT doesn't sound good.

Does the dead algae reduce oxygen levels? I turned the bubblers on again,
to
add more oxygen in the water.

## I would leave them on ALL THE TIME!

Wonder how long it'll take the filter to clear the dead algae?

## No one can answer that one.........
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Gareee wrote
Aerobic bacteria suck down oxygen like no tomorrow.
And, um, Aerobic means? .

Requiring oxygen
Went cruising google, my favorite activity when the dishes call and
found:
*Aerobic digestion of waste is the natural biological degradation and
purification process in which bacteria that thrive in oxygen-rich
environments break down and digest the waste.
During this oxidation process, pollutants are broken down into carbon
dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), nitrates, sulphates and biomass
(micro-organisms). By optimising the oxygen supply -with so-called
aerators- the process can be significantly accelerated*

So lots of oxygen in the water is a goooooooood thing, as Martha would
say.

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So lots of oxygen in the water is a goooooooood thing, as Martha would
say.

Yes.

In my current pond construction, I'm putting bubblers in the bog
filter's cleanout tube (which is otherwise sealed). I'm aerating the
bog. I have no bubblers in the main pond otherwise planned.

This is partly to keep a die off from happening in the even the
pump is shut down, partly to accelerate the aerobes.

C//

"Courageous" wrote in message
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So lots of oxygen in the water is a goooooooood thing, as Martha would

Well, I had shut the bubblers off in march or so, after the possibility of a
freeze over.

The pond is in full sun, and it's taken some time this year to get any major
kind of plant growth in the pond.. I have one large lilly, with over 40
pads, a smaller one with about 10 2 inch pads, and 3 large water hyacinths.

I had added 6 bunches of watercress, but the fish decided they proffered it
for lunch instead of shade. they've literally devoured it all now.

I recently added a bunch of water lettuce from one of the group members, but
it's too early to tell if it'll "take" or not.

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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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My greenwater finally died off, but now I have brown water.


## A partial water change would probably help.


I built one of those "milk crate" submerged filter, driven by our large

pond

spitter pump, but noticed this am, the fish all in a cluster, doing the

air

sucking thing.


## Now THAT doesn't sound good.


Does the dead algae reduce oxygen levels? I turned the bubblers on again,

to

add more oxygen in the water.


## I would leave them on ALL THE TIME!


Wonder how long it'll take the filter to clear the dead algae?


## No one can answer that one.........