fish n chips,
From how it was explained to me, the bacteria would remove the excessive nutrients that was feeding the FA.
I had an algae bloom for 2-1/2 years since the old part of the pond was a watering hole for the cattle and horses we raised and then later the collection point once we started farming the land for the runoff or watershed.
Once the FA took over the surface which stopped the sunlight from below it, the water below the FA was crystal clear once I made a hole in the FA. Somewhere in the 12 days I was away from the pond and the FA cleared, I had another bloom going.
I fed over the winter as an experiment with having winter trout in central LA. Of course, I had, CC, HSB and a few CNBG feeding all winter long. During the real cold portions, the fish stopped feeding and I am assuming the nutrient load came from the over feeding. Once it warmed up, the FA ran away with the pond in about 5 weeks.
Couppe
