Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Fertilization Does this look like a algae bloom???

my wife sent me this picture today. No filter or editing Looks like coastal water . Could this be an algae bloom?

Looks like swimming pool water to me.

I've seen that same color in the Hill County before.

Has the water clarity changed?

one of my ponds were a nice bluish green..similar to that.. looked like ocean water.. bass coming out almost silver with a greenish blue back... i think it has something to do with the bottom.. we didn't have much structure in the pond.. and i believe it was somewhat sandy.

That looks the color of my pond each time I have a algae bloom. After a rain it will go away but comes back a short time later. I have hardly any tannins in my pond so it is this color a lot. How old is your pond?If it is a new dig it may just be the type of clay causing the color. Like Al said... keep check on water "clarity". Start using a sechi dish and keep records. It will give you a base to compare change to. On another note...sandpits around here have that color water.

Our water filled limestone quarry's look that color.

Thanks for the input guys... it's a new pond I got dug out may 2016. I did notice a Lil algae on shallow end of pond I'll post pics when I get home from work. Looks like filamentous algae is that a good or bad thing???

Likely little if any bloom more likely a moderate normal algae community. How deep can you see a white coffee cup?

What kind of algae is this???

FA - filamentous algae.

I agree FA. Most plankton is to small to see individually. It gives the water color/hue. See this thread. Has pics and very good info.


http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=260167&page=1

Fishintx85 has as mentioned above some filamentous algae washed upon the shoreline. From the picture it is very likely a filamentous 'green' algae species belonging to the group Chlorphyta.

Algae can bloom two basic ways. One: as tremendous growths of bottom attached filamentous algae that eventually breaks loose and floats to the surface to form mats or thick 'hairy' scums or wads, and two, as tiny microscopic cells that are free floating in the water. These dense growths of single cells are what is normally called algae blooms. These microscopic cells in optimum conditions, depending on the algae species present, can multiply profusely to make the water various shades of color often green as mentioned in posts above. These blooms of usually microscopic single cells will stay distributed in most or all of the water column or they can accumulate on the surface. Where they live,,, will depend on the algal species and its normal growth habit.

FA good or bad? Depends!

Here is a whole thread devoted to it.

Anything positave about FA?

A lot becomes unsightly but a little provides food source and cover for the smaller pond food chain inhabitants before a pond gets some more permanent vegetative cover.