Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Golden Algae?

Trying to find or talk to anyone on here that has struggled with golden algae in a pond.

Ive had 2 fish kills now from this algae and have been trying different things to try and have a pond that I can keep fish in. Just wanted to see if anyone on here had some extra advice or had any success in battling this beast. Thought I had a grip on it last time and had some really nice fish that all got wiped out awhile back. I have posted a few times on the issue but wanted to just see if anyone else had some suggestions. thanks for your time

Brandon

From the presentations that I've heard, once infected, it may be impossible to rid your pond of the golden algae spores.
I know of a fishing club that drilled a very expensive water-well and bought an equally expensive diesel pump to source water for their lake, rather than continue pulling from an adjacent river and risk a golden algae contamination.
Have you ever pulled water from a TX river? If so, which one? Just curious.

No, this is just a small lined pond out here in west texas on our property. It's lined and only source of water is from our water well. I have considered draining the 1/3 acre pond and cleaning out and refilling but I was told it wouldn't make a difference. I do have a 2nd well I could run a line from and fill it up with that. I assume it's the sand water pretty much as the wells are close and drilled to similar depths, it's just the well we use for house water.

I reviewed several powerpoint presentations from previous TAPMS conferences. Three presentations referenced lab and field-mesocosm tests that used flumioxazin (CLIPPER) or copper (CUTRINE PLUS) to control Prymnesium parvum (Golden Algae). Both products provided decent, but slow results.
The key element for successful control is early detection, since a fish-lethal toxin is produced by this algae while it is both alive and dying. Killing the algae after it has already impacted exposed fish serves little benefit.
What is the salinity of your water-source? You might check it out, since Prymnesium parvum seems to thrive much better in slightly brackish water.

Cutrine plus is what was suggested by tpwd, said to treat it on a monthly basis. I've used both granular and liquid, do u think there is a difference? Liquid is much cheaper. Thankfully it's not a huge pond so it's not too exoensive, but it's definitely adding up. For now I'm only doing cooler months as suggested, which is when it seems to come around, prob sept-April

Definitely use the liquid formulation as a topical application, since this algae occupies the surface and upper water-column.
Prophylactic treatments are more practical than reactive treatments since the objective is the prevent an outbreak rather than control it after the resident fish are affected.
Not sure how much surface-area you're treating, or where you're securing your product - but the expense shouldn't be overly prohibitive compared to the cost of restocking fish.