got a problem. need help
By brandonknies
@brandonknies (305)
United States
June 24, 2007 6:31pm CST
ok. i have a pond in my backyard. i have bluegills, largemouth bass, and catfish in it. sounds great, huh? now, picture all the water covered in green algae. see the problem? i can't get through the moss, so i can't catch any fish. i can't drag it out, because it grows just as fast as i can get it out. so, does anyone have any ideas?
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@jzerbini (97)
• United States
26 Jun 07
My grandfather has the same problem. I wanted to put some carp in but he didn't want any in there so we skipped that idea. For a time he was putting regular copper sulfate treatments in but I think that would kill some frogs and other things, and if you put to much it may kill fish. Other than that the only way I have seen the algae leave is if we get a big rain and it gets sucked out the over spill.
@brandonknies (305)
• United States
27 Jun 07
i tried waiting for a good hard rain to get rid of some of it, but everytime it does, it just grows right back. so i am gonna try sk's idea with the carp/ hopefully that works.
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@sparkie1981 (29)
• United States
11 Jul 07
The only problem i see with putting carp in the pond is that they may get over populated when they spawn. carp eat things off of the bottom, and thats where fish lay their eggs. eventually, the pond may get over populated and the fsh wont grow as big. Plus, with the carp spawning, there will be more and more of them to eat the other fishes eggs.
@sparkie1981 (29)
• United States
11 Jul 07
I have a friend that has a pond also. When he first built the pond, he had the same problem. He researched it and found that if he built a stream in and out of the pond, the problem would take care of its self. He explained it to me like a puddle. If a puddle sits there long enough, it gets all gross and green. But, if this puddle had a constant stream of water going through it, it wouldnt. since that wasnt a fesable idea, he got an airrater. Yeah, he took a hit on his electric bill, but he says that it helped the problem tremendously. Now he takes his kids fishing in it all the time. Just like a fountain that you may see in from of a big business or something. The water is consiantly moving, you never see much grossness in it. Also, where i live one of the small lakes used to be really bad with weeds and algae. they put some kind of chemical in the water this year, and the weeds are there, but not half as thick or gross as they were in the past. According to the DNR, it is still safe to eat the fish that are there. Hope this helps man. Good luck!
