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UGH ... string algae
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Posted by
missa7 7/Okla (
missatim@hotmail.com) on
Wed, May 26, 10 at 20:05
| Worst year ever for me with this stuff.
It's all over some plants, clogging pumps & skimmer. I pull & pull but can't get it all.
The toilet brush only does so much then it just starts combing it & makes it pretty & flowing ... like hair. LOL |
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RE: UGH ... string algae
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| I had alot of this too. I bought some watercress at the store about a month ago and it has taken nicely and started growing. Since then the algae has mostly disappeared. I wonder if its the watercress. In case you don't know where to get some watercress they sell it in the produce department and it looks like parsley. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| I thought I'd pull out what I thought was a little string algae in 2 of my stocktanks. I can't believe how much there was! Seems like I pulled out about 25' of it from each stocktank! I'm hoping the plants will do better now, and help keep the algae down. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| UH OH!!! I hope you're not the same person that I know from another forum. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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RE: UGH ... string algae
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| Watercress is good at eating some of the nitrate and competing with the string algae as are most aquatic plants. String algae is a pain and I am just starting to see it. I had an almost complete water change (5k gallons) with source water rich in phosphates (algae food) due to a small ponding disaster this spring. I feel your pain. Lisa |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| Same thing happening in Illinois-huge amount of string algae. Figuring it is too hot too quick. Water hycinths are still too small not big enough to compete for nutrients. The fish seem to enjoy eating the string algae like it's candy |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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I usually let all the algae stay in my 300 gallon stocktank ponds. It eventually would go away. No fish here. But......the lilies seemed to be very, very slow and I started thinking that the algae was taking nutrients away from them, so I pulled it out. Hopefully it will be of more benefit to my compost pile!
I agree that it might have something to do with getting so hot so quick. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| I have algae but not knowing my algae very well, don't think it is string. It blankets the sides of the pond and anything in the pond. I don't know if it's called hair algae???? I have been going out every day to pull some out. Yesterday I read somewhere to use a garden rake, did that, and got a LOT more out. Will keep trying every day. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| Yea, I've had string algae out the wazoo this spring - no green water, just string algae. I almost filled a kitchen bucket to the top when I jumped in and cleaned up all that I could reach, it was that bad. Fortunately it's starting to die back, now. The water celery has really started taking hold and everything else is actively growing so I should be good for the meantime. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| LOL Timbersmith......you better have a doctor take a look at your wazoo. :) |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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- Posted by horton 6 b Ontario. (My Page) on
Fri, May 28, 10 at 7:47
timbersmith, I'd take Cath's advice and seek professional help for sure.
How do you manage to sit comfortably, with all those plants around the old gluteus maximus ??? LOL
"Horton" |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| Quite comfortably, actually . . . nuthin' like being wazoo-deep in a nice cool pond during the current summer-like heatwave that we're having :) Though it does make it a bit difficult to replenish the beer supply when empty . . . |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| An easier answer to this is to get a cordless drill, put a long stick or something similar into it, get the algae wrapped around it and pull the trigger. No, I haven't been electrocuted - it's battery operated anyway and yes - it's MUCH easier. I will pull strands and strands of that junk out of there very quickly. |
RE: UGH ... string algae
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| 2 words... marsh marigold. Used to have string and suspended green algae, now have neither. |
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