Originally Posted By: t1mmbo
Excellent link on vegetation. After looking at the pics I really think it is Eurasian Water Milfoil. I will get the rake out on the next good day and clean it up. The water in the jar has been sitting for 12 hrs with no change. The water from the larger pond is pretty clear. Is Milfoil best controlled by manual labor or is there something off the shelf that would be effective? Also will aerating help deal with this stuff?


It would help to get a positive id on it, but aeration is not a help either. There are herbicides but not a lot that are effective. Grass carp kind of eat it. Manual removal is tough because it breaks apart and fragments can root. The source water is clear. Weird. Could be an abundance of bullheads. They will get a mouthful of mud and or silt and swim back up filtering it for food. My free advice would be:

A: Rake that dead stuff out.
B: Wait for new stuff to emerge, it should be growing from the bottom, get a positive ID on it. Then attack it when it is emerging, depending on what it is.
C: Start getting those pesky bullheads out. By hook, trap, anyway you can.

No charge.