Water turning green!!! Help????

[spidolover]

its been a few days since my family and me noticed that our pond had been turning green...


not only that but it has been smelling a little weird too...


if anybody has answers or any help/info on how to better this problem
please respond


by the way these are some piks of the pond and water

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[DrDave]

I edited a spelling error and approved your post. However, please add your location in the UserCP and post in the INTRODUCTIONS thread.
You will get a lot of help here.
Welcome to the Forum!

 

[sissy]

mine got cloudy not green and I just put the batting in the filter cleaned it right up maybe you can try that for green too .It should work others use it on here .I got mine at walmart 6.95 for a big roll .

 

[DrDave]

With foul smelling water, you might look for something dead in it and do a partial water change.

 

[j.w]

How big is the pond and what do you use to filter it and is there a waterfall and is it in full sunlight and what part of the world do you live in and how many fish are in it? And welcome to the site. If you go to the welcome thread and tell us a bit about you and your pond we can give you a very meaningful greeting :nananananana:

 

[koiguy1969]

if it smells of sulfur (rotten eggs) its due to an over abundance of anaerobic bacteria.. this could mean excessive crud / gunk on the bottom and/or low oxygen levels in the water. this is the conditions in whuich anaerobic bacteria thrives. the odor is caused by the bacteria processing organics. its byproduct (source of odor) is hydrogen sulfide.
you may want to reference this thread:
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/basic-water-quality-problems-t5332.html

 

[DrDave]

This might be a hit and run poster. Once they get what they want, they disappear. We seem to be getting a few of these lately.

 

[addy1]

Tell us the size type of filter etc that you have, it will help

 

[sissy]

could be problems with there puter too . you never know

 

[DrCase]

Let us know what your doing with the pond as far as filtering and fish load we can help
Welcome to the forum !!!

 

[spidolover]

We've put the water Clarifying liquid......the algae control liquid and the bacteria from when we first made the pond

 

[addy1]

Hydrogen peroxide also works well, but you need to make sure the pond is aerated when using. My pond guy in arizona uses hydrogen peroxide granular called cleangreen, but not cheap lol

 

[DrDave]

Get rid of all those chemicals, all you are doing is creating a coctail.

 

[spidolover]

then DrDave what do i do???.....i must say the fish are koi fish too

 

[addy1]

then DrDave what do i do???.....i must say the fish are koi fish too

I have heard that koi don't like peroxide being used, i have goldies.

Try some water changes and a clean filter.

What kind of filter do you have?