Welcome to the forum Crawford! You are sure in the right place for this question! Several experts and fisheries biologists (NOT ME) that enjoy trying to solve these type mysteries. And we all end up smarter for it!

5-8 ton of ag lime will help level off PH swings, but an excess of phosphate is, IIRC the usual culprit for filamentous algae.

An actual "Algae" bloom is usually a good thing.

Last edited by Rainman; 02/09/09 06:46 PM.