Nope they beg and beg and beg regardless. I don't feed as much though.
Nope they beg and beg and beg regardless. I don't feed as much though.
Wal-Mart has Mountain Mist brand. Any brand will work. Cut off some to put in your filter or run your pond water through it. Rinse it out many times during the day and at night I take it out. Target, K-Mart, craft and fabric stores carry it. Each time you rinse it, it is full of green water.
Okay I will look again on Sunday. Will ask an associate because I didn't see it. Its merely unsightly for me, the fish don't seem to care at all.
Photo taken today. Got the batting finally. Going to test it out tomorrow. It's still 100% green. Much worse actually. I can't see anything on tests. I'm 100% sure I'm using the tests properly and 100% sure the test kits are not expired. Ammonia Alert card still a bright yellow showing nothing either. KH and pH are holding. GH is totally garbage. One fish sustained injuries that look like spawn damage but everyone else is totally fine.
I've decided that since I will be at Cascade Pond Supply on the 22nd for the Atlanta Koi auction that I will cough up the money for a UV device. Totally don't know how to use one but cross that bridge when I get to it
Give the batting a try. It has worked for a lot of people.
You probably could use more filter volume. Could you get the old filter back in service as well?
I don't find plants do well in pea gravel. It gets so compact that the roots don't spread well. You get the best roots with hydroponic medium Lava rock will work better than pea gravel.
Consider getting some shade cloth to put over your pond cover to decrease the light.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you to not use those minerals again If your KH looks low to you, use baking soda.
I'm not suggesting you do all of these things, just throwing out some ideas.
I tried the batting. It did not work at all. I don't think I used it right. I don't have plants yet. Haven't gotten around to it. I'm kinda getting my rear end kicked with everything. My fish are okay, the green water is just driving me nuts.
I don't have space for the older filter but I'm sure brother can help me make space. I will also need a new water pump but they don't cost much. The GH is total garbage now because though it went up with the calcium, I have been scared to use it again. I will try to change the media to what you suggested.
Thank you for the help. I think I probably bit off a bit more than I can chew but I just want to help my fish.
I agree, shade to cut back the light. Use batting to get out clumps of fine debris ... dead algae, organics, which becomes food (ammonia) for more algae. During the night, algae breath like you and I, that is, they consume oxygen and breath out C02. So aerate more during the night to drive out C02. One method I use to control my green water is by using batting in my skimmer which rinse out once or twice a day (kinda satisfying ). I get batting from a fabric store.
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Your fancies look wonderful. I'm going to move mine out from the garage this week. The weather man said "no more chance of frost/freeze"
hope he is right But they are in a Rubbermaid tub not a pond. Good luck with your green water. A UV is the way to go. I know Nancy had
good luck with Nualgi.
This is just a pool for dogs that I found on sale and decided to use to gain experience keeping my fish outdoors even more. I had a 70 gallon little wooden porch pond that I enjoyed last year. This green water issue I'm becoming more comfortable with as to me goes by. I was worried about my fish but they all seem to love it.
I did have a spawn with my last suspected female fish that did beat her up
But she's recovering well and I'm really not super upset. I think I will try to wait this out. I will retry the batting. I had put it in the filter but not much happened.
Water suddenly turned not green a few days ago. Tons of diatom algae in its wake. There has been no disease but many fish have been lost to a predator. They're safe now though.
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That's the wrong video. I was showing the survivor of the attack in that video.
You could have left it. I'm sort of interested in what people think attacked him anyway. It was a bird most certainly and they were gotten at night and I've heard owls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKMnYpyFK3M
Idk how to embed it but this is the correct video. The water cleared up basically overnight one day but the brown algae appeared in its wake. There has been no disease or illnesses at all. Should I try and clean the brown algae? A friend told me not to but just double checking.
Here you go.
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Keep your words sweet. You never know when you may have to eat them.
Richard
Thanks Rich. Any advice concerning the brown diatom stuff?
If it bothers you, try vacuuming a small area at a time, maybe 10%. As the filters took hold, the ammonia which is the food source for the green water algae is being converted by the filters, basically starving the green water algae, so the diatoms may not be needed right now, but removing slowly will not shock the system either.
Zone 7 A/B
Keep your words sweet. You never know when you may have to eat them.
Richard
Thank you Rich and Nancy. I won't bother the brown stuff then. No harm, no foul.