it doesn't look to me like there are any marginal/floaters/submerged. i see one flower but is it aquatic?Muske;1810768; said:After the marginals and floaters begin putting on serious growth, the algae will begin to fade.
Not in that concentration with regular pond fish.Harmonyx;1810637; said:Thanks guys. The client who the pond was built for is kind of annal. We did spring start up with his pond last week and had a very sunny week. I got a phone call with him screeming that we made all of this algy grow in his pond, but when I saw these pics it looked normal. He is just being melodramatic.
he figures that the pond should be drained and scrubbed and refiled and his problems will go away.
for future reference does the hydrogen peroxide harm fish?
Is the SAB the same as algae fix?Muske;1810768; said:Get a rake and spin it like pasta. This is a normal occurance in spring and fall. Tell the client it happens and is totally natural. After the marginals and floaters begin putting on serious growth, the algae will begin to fade. I use a bacteria that has S.A.B (string algae buster) in it. Basically it has barley powder and BB that eat the sludge and debris in the pond. Def. clean out any leaves and old plants that maybe adding extrs nutrients to the water. The S.A.B. takes a couple of weeks to show real results, (barley activation)but after I added, the next day algae was floating to the top, where the skimmer and myself caught it. Don't worry, and don't drain the pond, unless you plan on keeping a few hundred gallons of water avail. New watermay harm any BB already there.