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Tons of algae this winter.
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catherinet z5 (
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Thu, Mar 17, 11 at 19:11
| I have an in-ground 300 gallon stocktank and used a deicer this winter (as I do every winter). It was a very consistently cold, snowy winter. I can't believe how much algae is in there now. Its full of it. Its covering all the plants, the pump, etc. Isn't that sort of strange? Does that mean I have too big a deicer?? |
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RE: Tons of algae this winter.
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| I also seem to have a lot of slimy algae in my pond this spring, and as soon as the ice melted it grew a dense mass of free-floating algae. But I don't run a heater in the winter, not even the filter pump, just a bubbler once it gets frosty. |
RE: Tons of algae this winter.
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| I don't think it would be the deicer. Perhaps the snow helped insulate the pond. Is it possible that the pond recieved some nutrient rich run off when the snow melted? |
RE: Tons of algae this winter.
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| No, no run off. And we seemed to go for months at a time without much sun. I just don't get it. |
RE: Tons of algae this winter.
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| I think this year was just a bad year for algae because my pond was really bad in the stream,all around the rocks inside and by my skimmer. I cleaned my stream with Ecoblast a few days ago but will have to wait until the water warms up for the inside :( Have had my pond for 4 years and this is the worst. |
RE: Tons of algae this winter.
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| At least twice before I really got after it, it stopped my small pump. When I started my large pump and falls I had to clean my pre-filter about every 15 minutes to keep it free. Needless to say, I ran it only when I was in the yard where I could watch. Gradually doing a lot better now. I have been netting it out and cleaning leaves out of the pond as much as possible. |
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