just finished my 5,000 gallon pond. the problem am having is the bottom river rocks are turning green and the waterfall rock are green too. is there anything I can use to combat this green algae. I live in florida so the water temp is allways about 77. I have uv sterilizer to keep the water clear and I have bio filters running too. see attached photo of what the pond looked before the green algae came in
green algae
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koiguy1969
GIGGETY-GIGGETY!!
string alge is the culprit it will go away on its own in due time... if your really bugged by it get some barley extract... not bales not pellets..extract!!
You might think about getting use to a nice coat of algae it is natural..
It has to grow some were,, in your filter would be best...What kind of filter are you running ? And do you have fish ?
Welcome to the forum....And your new pond looks good !!
It has to grow some were,, in your filter would be best...What kind of filter are you running ? And do you have fish ?
Welcome to the forum....And your new pond looks good !!
right now I have no filter. I just finished a home made filter that is going to be install this weekend, the filter consist of a rubber made tub with a pvc pipe attached to the water fall 4000 GPH pump I cut the hose inserted a pvc T it diverred water into the filter sprays down ward to a filter media under the filter media I have plastic balls to capture the beneficial bacteria, for the bottom water is pushed up to a exit hose that drains into the pond I know green algie is natural but I would like the bottom river rock nice and clean. and right now I only have about 20 small to medium goldfish and koi and 2 oscars
Unless you have a raging current over those rocks, they will become a septic area for uneaten food and waste from the fish. Most ponders have to learn this the hard way. Rocks in a cascading waterfall and around the perifery are ok.
that makes sense, I guess my solution to this instead of going thru the mess of removing all the rock will be if you see were I have the skimmer it's working with a 1800 GPH pump
I can put a rubber hose in the out flow of the pump and rig a pvc 1/2 pipe with holes in the back of the pond pointing toward the waterfall I guess this will give me a water current going over the rocks so my filter in the other end can catch the waste...you think that will work?.......jorge
I can put a rubber hose in the out flow of the pump and rig a pvc 1/2 pipe with holes in the back of the pond pointing toward the waterfall I guess this will give me a water current going over the rocks so my filter in the other end can catch the waste...you think that will work?.......jorge
Only you will be able to see if the current is moving debries from the rocks. We can only speculate.
I had river rocks in my first pond, I just put a pressure end on my hose and squirted it out ever so often, it never hurt anything that I could see, and I did like the looks of it. Other than murking up the water at the time that is. When I reworked my pond last time I left out the rock after reading this forum. I still miss the rock but I do need to get in the pond on occasion, because of its size I can't just lean over anymore. It is much easier without the rock.