Barley balls....

whowantsto wrote:

Don't waste your time, money, etc. on barley. Invest in a good UV
light and your green water will be gone.

I have to admit that I really do disagree with this "advice". My pond
is a bit over 800 gallons and with careful fish stocking, planting,
aeration and use of a small pad of barley straw every three or four
months (when I think about it and it's "around that time") I have not
had an algae bloom since the initial start up bloom (knocking on my head
as it's the only wooden object available).

I simply do not want to use a UV light. I don't like the idea of it.
It's not a power problem (I have power to my pond and available unused
outlets) nor a cost issue (in laws keep telling me I *must* have one and
that they are going to buy one for me and I keep saying no thanks), I
just don't like killing off stuff willy nilly. It just doesn't feel
right to me - e.g., beneficial things must be killed off in addition to
single cell algae. So, it's a personal thing as I suspect it is with
many others who use it or don't use it.

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

"whowantsto" wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:52:41 -0400, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Ok, these clear up ponds.. has anyone just tried barley, like from the
grocery store? Maybe in a punctured tupperware container or such?

Since our pond here's turning green, I'm starting to look for solutions.
Locally, when I mention barley balls and such, the people in the stores
look
at me like I have 2 heads...


Don't waste your time, money, etc. on barley. Invest in a good UV
light and your green water will be gone.

Well, after a HUGE storm, my pond in now a clay pool.. upside is, that is no
longer looks green...


I think I liked the green better..


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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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Well, after a HUGE storm, my pond in now a clay pool.. upside is, that is
no
longer looks green...
snip

Listen...I can take JMK poking fun at me.
I can handle k30a taking joy in my rainbow colored pond.
I can take Nedra using voodoo dolls to stop my four foot deep lotus success.
I can handle Ingrid's distain for my lack of belief in salt.

I CANNOT however...tolerate another clay pond on this group. I own the
cornered market on orange ponds, and will not...

Well OK, I can pass this gauntlet on to another PORG. *sniffle* But I need
it back in the spring.

BV.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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Well, after a HUGE storm, my pond in now a clay pool.. upside is, that
is
no
longer looks green...
snip

Listen...I can take JMK poking fun at me.
I can handle k30a taking joy in my rainbow colored pond.
I can take Nedra using voodoo dolls to stop my four foot deep lotus
success.
I can handle Ingrid's distain for my lack of belief in salt.

I CANNOT however...tolerate another clay pond on this group. I own the
cornered market on orange ponds, and will not...

Well OK, I can pass this gauntlet on to another PORG. *sniffle* But I need
it back in the spring.

I'd be happy to get the green back! We had JUST added two goldfish from
walmart 3 days before, and enjoyed seeing them merrily for all of 2 DAYS.

They MIGHT still be in there, but I'll be damned if we can see them.

I'm thinking of getting some cheescloth or such, and using the gargoyle
fountain as a "pump" for a makeshift filter.

I just hope the fish didn't move out in disgust!

Part of the problem was getting cheap gutter guards last year. The
collapsed, and the muck piled up in the gutters. when we got the GREAT
DELUGE the other day, the gutter convieniently overflow in a PERFECT spot to
wash clay and out new pine bark mulch into the pond.

I spent almost all of today cleaning the muck out of the gutters, and
putting *good* gutter guards in.

Course the hot sun on the roof turns it into a frying pan, and I burned my
leg on the friggin hot roof.

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