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Is this FA? #106934 02/05/08 05:53 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 27 southern california K KELLY B Lunker
KELLY B Lunker K Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 27 southern california	Recently have had 10"-12" of rain, now there is this bright green growth floating on the surface. Water temp is 54. Sorry, could not figure out how to post the photos so I put them on Shutterfly. I hope the link works. Thanks [img]http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AbNnLlkzaNmLko¬ag=1[/img] Kelly B

Re: Is this FA? KELLY B #106936 02/05/08 06:04 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss. E ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	Kelly the pic link is not working.

Re: Is this FA? ewest #106937 02/05/08 06:36 PM
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KELLY B Lunker K Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 27 southern california	This one should work, http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AbNnLlkzaNmLko Kelly B

Re: Is this FA? KELLY B #106961 02/05/08 08:57 PM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	That is FA.

Re: Is this FA? ewest #107103 02/06/08 06:35 PM
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KELLY B Lunker K Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 27 southern california	Should I be concerned that there is this much growth this time of the year and with the water temp being 54? I would suspect that as the water gets warmer the FA will spread and be more prevelant. Shoulds I try and treat it now, or is there an optimum time? Kelly B

Re: Is this FA? KELLY B #107217 02/07/08 10:12 PM
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Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Likes: 1 Northeastern Indiana	Originally Posted By: KELLY B Should I be concerned that there is this much growth this time of the year and with the water temp being 54? I would suspect that as the water gets warmer the FA will spread and be more prevelant. Shoulds I try and treat it now, or is there an optimum time? Not necessarily. When the water gets warmer other competing plants and phytoplanton may use the nurtients that are dormant now. Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 02/07/08 10:13 PM. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: Is this FA? Cecil Baird1 #107263 02/08/08 09:41 AM
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JMAC Lunker J Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 110 MI	I usually look for the 50 degree mark, but it you may want to wait for 55-60 to be sure. I agree with Cecil, as temps come up there will be more competition and your algae will find it harder to thrive. Check your water inputs to the pond and reduce/remove as many nutrient sources as you can. If you are going to treat, I prefer chelated copper for most FA strains. Justin McLeod If you don't know where to start, go back to the beginning. [email protected] http://www.thepondguy.com