Algae Problem...bad! - June 7th, 2006 at 10:59 AM
I hated to post this topic, because I didn't want anyone to see the shape my pond has gotten in. But, Gardencrazy is helping me out in PM's, and I figured it would be better to just post this topic because others may have the same problem, and they can learn from my mistakes.
Here is how the pond looked in the fall, and it was clear all winter...
...until it started getting warm outside.
Now it is over-run with algae. :rolleyes:
A few weeks ago I changed 3/4 of the water in it, but within a few days it was worse than ever.
The water looks like pea soup. and there's a weird algae thing floating on top.
Since this algae problem, I have started cleaning my filter every few days...and even added a homemade filter made from fiberfill, nylon netting and a trash can.
Homemade ugly filter
You can see how much yucky stuff is being filtered out with this fiberfill stuff.
I have a 675gph pump for this filter, pumping the pond water directly into the trash can.
Here is how the pond looked in the fall, and it was clear all winter...
...until it started getting warm outside.
Now it is over-run with algae. :rolleyes:
A few weeks ago I changed 3/4 of the water in it, but within a few days it was worse than ever.
The water looks like pea soup. and there's a weird algae thing floating on top.
Since this algae problem, I have started cleaning my filter every few days...and even added a homemade filter made from fiberfill, nylon netting and a trash can.
Homemade ugly filter
You can see how much yucky stuff is being filtered out with this fiberfill stuff.
I have a 675gph pump for this filter, pumping the pond water directly into the trash can.