Algae pond problem

Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its used?

"Michael Stokes" wrote in message
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Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how
to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its
used?

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I have seen bails of "straw" put into lakes and moats to stop the growth of
algie,
something to do with ridding the water of nitrogen.
I have a pond and I tried putting a small bail of straw amonst the plants,
it did seem to work.
Cleaning out all the dead plant material in the spring and replenishing with
rain water (loads of nitrigen in tap water) will also help. Plants,
lillies for instance keep the sun off of the water.
A properly balanced natural pond will clear itself.

Also take a look at this site for more imfo
http://aginfo.psu.edu/News/august02/barley.html

"Michael Stokes" wrote in message
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Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how
to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its
used?

you could take a look at some of the koi web sites. There are some very
effective biological options. I would look for a product called eco-pure
made by kusuri. It works by using bacteria to reduce the nitrate and
phosphate needed by algae. It also reduces sludge and improves water
clarity. www.kusuri.co.uk

Barley straw is the answer, I cleared a 2 acre lake of algae a couple of
years ago that had gone like pea soup with 2 bales, the EA recommends this
way of treating algae and will give you more info if you need it. they told
me that as the straw rots it realises hydrogen peroxide and in just tiny
amounts this kills the algae. pull the bales apart and put loose straw in to
net bags ( I used wire netting ) and place in the water tied to stakes or
bushes all around the lake, the algae will be all gone in a couple of weeks.
check that the water is not getting extra nutrients such as slurry from
upstream or you will have a constant problem every spring and summer and may
loose fish due to deoxigenation.


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"Michael Stokes" wrote in message
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Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how
to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its
used?

you could take a look at some of the koi web sites. There are some very
effective biological options. I would look for a product called eco-pure
made by kusuri. It works by using bacteria to reduce the nitrate and
phosphate needed by algae. It also reduces sludge and improves water
clarity. www.kusuri.co.uk

the barley straw method works fine on large ponds with green water but not
so good whith blanket weed, whould you realy want your garden pond full of
rotting straw? . Also hydrogen peroxide can be poisonous if the
concentration gets to high.
"wemfish" wemfish AT tiscali.co.uk wrote in message
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Barley straw is the answer, I cleared a 2 acre lake of algae a couple of
years ago that had gone like pea soup with 2 bales, the EA recommends this
way of treating algae and will give you more info if you need it. they
told
me that as the straw rots it realises hydrogen peroxide and in just tiny
amounts this kills the algae. pull the bales apart and put loose straw in
to
net bags ( I used wire netting ) and place in the water tied to stakes or
bushes all around the lake, the algae will be all gone in a couple of
weeks.
check that the water is not getting extra nutrients such as slurry from
upstream or you will have a constant problem every spring and summer and
may
loose fish due to deoxigenation.


"btinternet" wrote in message
...

"Michael Stokes" wrote in message
news:Av9gc.61$tq5.58@newsfe1-win...
Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know
how
to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its
used?

you could take a look at some of the koi web sites. There are some very
effective biological options. I would look for a product called eco-pure
made by kusuri. It works by using bacteria to reduce the nitrate and
phosphate needed by algae. It also reduces sludge and improves water
clarity. www.kusuri.co.uk

"Michael Stokes" wrote in message
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Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how
to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its
used?


Ime UV filters work well ..... Richard

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Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its used?



Barley is, quite literally, just lobbed in (usually in a margin, so you
can get it back!). You'll often see it in farm ponds.

Not sure what a 'remover' is, but a UV light in the filtration system
usually does the trick. I've seen electrical 'zapper' things, but I
believe they're for blanket weed.

If you get stuck, drop me a line and I'll ask around. I run a forum
specifically for ponds and a few of the guys on there would know what to
do, although they'd probably need a few more details.

Tight lines,

Elton
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