Pond Foam

I had an experience with foam building up on the pond where the water
from the filter returns via a small stream like feature. Foam would
be as much as 4 inches high and would appear in the morning, to
dissipate during the day.

I thought it might just be from DOC, so I put in a small bad of
carbon, that did nothing that I could tell. I did a complete water
change, spring cleaning in the pond, and the foam persisted.

Then I got rid of most of the parrot's feather, Myriophyllum
aquaticum, and the problem went away, now I just have small (dime size
or less) spots of foam that drift to the nearest leaf.

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

All i can add is that i had the foam build up in my hot tub when the
total PH wasn't right.






On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles
wrote:

I had an experience with foam building up on the pond where the water
from the filter returns via a small stream like feature. Foam would
be as much as 4 inches high and would appear in the morning, to
dissipate during the day.

I thought it might just be from DOC, so I put in a small bad of
carbon, that did nothing that I could tell. I did a complete water
change, spring cleaning in the pond, and the foam persisted.

Then I got rid of most of the parrot's feather, Myriophyllum
aquaticum, and the problem went away, now I just have small (dime
size
or less) spots of foam that drift to the nearest leaf.

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

All i can add is that i had the foam build up in my hot tub when the
total PH wasn't right.






On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles
wrote:

I had an experience with foam building up on the pond where the water
from the filter returns via a small stream like feature. Foam would
be as much as 4 inches high and would appear in the morning, to
dissipate during the day.

I thought it might just be from DOC, so I put in a small bad of
carbon, that did nothing that I could tell. I did a complete water
change, spring cleaning in the pond, and the foam persisted.

Then I got rid of most of the parrot's feather, Myriophyllum
aquaticum, and the problem went away, now I just have small (dime
size
or less) spots of foam that drift to the nearest leaf.

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

Foam in spring is often caused by pollen. Look around the pond, what's in
bloom? Trees are especially bad right now. You can check your pollen
situation at weather.com. ~ jan


On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles wrote:

I had an experience with foam building up on the pond where the water
from the filter returns via a small stream like feature. Foam would
be as much as 4 inches high and would appear in the morning, to
dissipate during the day.

I thought it might just be from DOC, so I put in a small bad of
carbon, that did nothing that I could tell. I did a complete water
change, spring cleaning in the pond, and the foam persisted.

Then I got rid of most of the parrot's feather, Myriophyllum
aquaticum, and the problem went away, now I just have small (dime size
or less) spots of foam that drift to the nearest leaf.

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

Foam in spring is often caused by pollen. Look around the pond, what's in
bloom? Trees are especially bad right now. You can check your pollen
situation at weather.com. ~ jan


On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles wrote:

I had an experience with foam building up on the pond where the water
from the filter returns via a small stream like feature. Foam would
be as much as 4 inches high and would appear in the morning, to
dissipate during the day.

I thought it might just be from DOC, so I put in a small bad of
carbon, that did nothing that I could tell. I did a complete water
change, spring cleaning in the pond, and the foam persisted.

Then I got rid of most of the parrot's feather, Myriophyllum
aquaticum, and the problem went away, now I just have small (dime size
or less) spots of foam that drift to the nearest leaf.

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?)

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles
wrote:

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

Parrot feather is my veggie filter in the winter and I never see foam
when the fish aren't spawning. I pulled a few handfuls the other day
and threw it into the fish pond and the fish began eating the snails
off it and spawning on it. I saw foam then.

Regards,

Hal

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles
wrote:

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

Parrot feather is my veggie filter in the winter and I never see foam
when the fish aren't spawning. I pulled a few handfuls the other day
and threw it into the fish pond and the fish began eating the snails
off it and spawning on it. I saw foam then.

Regards,

Hal

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:22:42 -0400, Hal wrote:

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles
wrote:

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

Parrot feather is my veggie filter in the winter and I never see foam
when the fish aren't spawning. I pulled a few handfuls the other day
and threw it into the fish pond and the fish began eating the snails
off it and spawning on it. I saw foam then.

Regards,

Hal


Another perfectly good theory ruined.
This didn't seem like the spawning foam, seemed different somehow.

It's gone now, so it will remain a mystery

Thanks to all.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:22:42 -0400, Hal wrote:

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 02:44:13 GMT, Charles
wrote:

I don't know that the parrot's feather was causing the foam, I wonder
if anyone else has had similar experience.

Parrot feather is my veggie filter in the winter and I never see foam
when the fish aren't spawning. I pulled a few handfuls the other day
and threw it into the fish pond and the fish began eating the snails
off it and spawning on it. I saw foam then.

Regards,

Hal


Another perfectly good theory ruined.
This didn't seem like the spawning foam, seemed different somehow.

It's gone now, so it will remain a mystery

Thanks to all.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

I get a foamy surface after the frogs have spawned and the spawn is
decomposing. Could it be this?

Alan