whiddett
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi all. I have a Pond in my garden. It is round with 1.5m diameter and about 0.75m deep. So I estimate about 300 gallons in volume. The Pond was built one year ago and I installed a filter and UV system. Since spring began I noticed alot of hair algae around the sides on the pond and on all of the plants. So I started scrubbing the sides of the pond every day so that the algae would float around and be taken out by the pump/filter. However, the stuff would just reattach to the sides of the pond and regrow in no time at all. So I started using Interpet Pond Balance. At first I followed the dosing directions but the effect did not seem as good as I hoped so I upped the dosage. The algae did appear to start dieing off and was clogging my filter sponge on a daily basis. But I still cant get rid of the problem. The algae still seems to cling to the pond sides but it is not really hairy. When I scoop around the sides of the pond with a net the algae disperses into the water like powder and his hard to get out of the pond even with a fine net. I have increased the Pond Balance dosage to 6 scoops every other day instead of 4 scoops every month! But this powdery algae seems to regenerate quicker than I can get rid of it. I'm no longer sure whether this type of algae is effected by Pond Balance (which is for blanket weed/hair algae).
I'm thinking I need some sort of algicide but it must not harm fish or plants. I also dont water the water to be coloured as I like the crystal clear water that my UV give me. Can anyone help or suggest what I can try next?
By the way, I live in the UK so we do get quite cold weather. The Pond gets direct sunlight in the mornings but not in the afternoon.
I'm thinking I need some sort of algicide but it must not harm fish or plants. I also dont water the water to be coloured as I like the crystal clear water that my UV give me. Can anyone help or suggest what I can try next?
By the way, I live in the UK so we do get quite cold weather. The Pond gets direct sunlight in the mornings but not in the afternoon.