Green Algea

[markreef4ever]

How do i get the green algea out of my pond

[spxsk]

Horticultural Corn Meal, or barley basket I have heard both work well.

[markreef4ever]

how does that work?You know of any link that I can read about it?

[ElijahTurtle]

http://www.ncbuy.com/flowers/articles/01_10006.html

There ya go!

[AndrewH]

Adopt a large pleco ;)

[markreef4ever]

Sorry for the late reponse. got a lot of irons in the fire.


I put a small pleco in my pond. He has growed to around 8 inches.

I have heard that they will not survive the winter.

[ElijahTurtle]

It depends on how deep the pond is, I've heard of plenty surviving the winter in deeper ponds. But even here where we don't have much of a winter, it's still best to pull them out when it gets cold.

[markreef4ever]

When is a good time to get the out? The deepest part of my pond is 3 feet

[biggin]

If we hit a week or so of 50 or below I would remove it.

[AndrewH]

Or toss in a small heater for the winter months ;).

Do a search on pond heaters, water troff heaters, and/or hot tub heaters.

They have models that simply float on the water and keep a little hole where the water can't freeze. I think suffocation is the biggest problem (water freezes over and then no O2/CO2 exchange can happen).

Simply have a small heater so the pleco can get warm (normally mine is snuggled up next to my heater anyway) and something to keep at least a small hole in the ice and you should be good to go. But as with everything else, I reserve the right to be wrong :D.

[DallasDiscus]

We built a trellace above our outdoor pond and grew ivy through it to hinder some of the summer sun. Might be a chore to do though... Do you have any other plants in the pond?

[markreef4ever]

We built a trellace above our outdoor pond and grew ivy through it to hinder some of the summer sun. Might be a chore to do though... Do you have any other plants in the pond?
Half of the pond is under the patio. No other plant

markreef4ever added 1 Minutes and 17 Seconds later...

Or toss in a small heater for the winter months ;).

Do a search on pond heaters, water troff heaters, and/or hot tub heaters.

They have models that simply float on the water and keep a little hole where the water can't freeze. I think suffocation is the biggest problem (water freezes over and then no O2/CO2 exchange can happen).

Simply have a small heater so the pleco can get warm (normally mine is snuggled up next to my heater anyway) and something to keep at least a small hole in the ice and you should be good to go. But as with everything else, I reserve the right to be wrong :D.

I like the heater ideal. Going to do a search and see what I come up with

[Brackish_Zygote]

I brought my pleco in early last month. My rule is that I get him out before the water is too cold for me to stand while looking for him.

[pam916]

To get the algae out, I would add plants, but I am not sure what plants will survive the winter here. I use floating hornwort to keep the water clear in the summer, but I drain my pond in the winter.

[Brackish_Zygote]

You don't have to drain your pond. As long as you put your plants on the bottom of the deepest part of the pond (at least 2' down) during a freeze they will be fine. I don't know how you would keep your floating plants from being destroyed, but anything that sinks should be fine. Just remember to bring them back up once the freeeze is over.

[kSpieler]

Kinda off track ... (imagine that!) ... but how do you catch a pleco in a pond? I have the worsta helluva time trying to catch mine in a 55g tank - half drained!

[mrsadler]

x2Kinda off track ... (imagine that!) ... but how do you catch a pleco in a pond? I have the worsta helluva time trying to catch mine in a 55g tank - half drained!