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my pond is 3 years old now. just recently getting filamentous algae. it is located near houston, so the water temps get quite high. the pond is 80 in diameter and depth is 8 to 14 foot. i am currently using a 2 horespower kasco areator that pumps more than 800 gallons a minuite. here in south texas they are popular to make (they call them) lakes with these type of water elements. i do have some hybrid perch fish in the pond that i feed in the summer months. yesterday i treated the pond with cutrine liquid and used a half gallon for theapplication based on the depth calculation. the amount to use was based on pie X radius squared for surface area which is 5,024 about a 1/9th acre. i estimate the average depth to be 9 feet as i watched the construction process. this is a very deeep pond, therefore the volumn came out to be about 45,000 cubic feet. noticing you had both warm and cold treatment plans mine should be considered warm. i suspect here in south texas the water temp may go to the mid to high 50 degree range in the winter. however, i believe the water in my pond at the greater depths may be a little cooler at that time of year. in just one day one the algae looks better already. today i have been searcging the web for cutrine granules. a few questions:
1 how do you know when to use the granules 2 how do you apply it i can reach the pond center with fish food by throwing it in 3 how do you calculate how much to use 4 how long does an application last 5 is there a better product to use 6 will this come back this year or next year 7 will it stabilize in a few years and not come back 8 did i leave out any good questions
thank you bob fulton
ps to kelly duffie
kelly thank you for taking my call the other day. it was so helphful
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