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No actual report. Published scientific data report the deepening of lakes by up to 6 inches in a year due to tilapia eating muck. They strain bottom muck to sort out the organic matter which the eat expelling the dirt.

Hello,

I just wanted to make an update and an additional request.

First. Subsurface injection of Aquatic 24d works well on Norther milfoil.

I have attached some other plants from my pond that were not effected by the 24D and am having problems with there identification. Please take a look and see if anyone has some ideas

Thanks

Dan, I'm not sure about 051, but 048 is in the Potamogeton family. narrow leaf, horned or something like that. It doesn't look like Sago to me. Hopefully Kelly or Bill will chime in shortly.

051 is coontail. Not its typical appearance, but still coontail. Probably a reaction to your 2,4-D treatment. The auxin does strange things to coontail - but rarely controls it (based on my experience).
048 isn't a specie that I encounter down here. You might be right with narrow-leaf, but not certain.

Just an update.

I "asked an expert" at Aquaplant and he thought 051 was Chara. I've gone after it with a combination of Copper sulfate and Diquat. I'm curently waiting to see if it helps. I will report back later.

I have a lot of respect for Dr. M @ Aquaplant, but I'm 100% certain that pic#051 is coontail.
Chara branchlets don't fork.

As for your treatment: the selected products are probably more appropriate for coontail than Chara - although AQUATHOL would have been my preference, depending on the situation. In any case, you should see some decent results - assuming you achieved the necessary concentrations for a sufficient period of contact-time.

I and numerous idenification sources agree with Kelly the simple needle like leaves of Chara do not fork. Someone at aquaplant missed this important feature of Chara.

Well, I'm no expert so I won't hazard a comment but my weed problem is solved. I don't know which chemical handled I jsut know its handled. Anyway, thanks for all the help and I'm going fishing

That's good news!