Originally Posted By: esshup
I wonder if a semi-trash pump would work to suck up the algae, spit it up on the bank, but allow the water to run back into the pond without carrying the algae back in with it? Maybe spit the water on the opposite side of a silt fence??

My attempts to vacuum anything off of a pond's surface with a trash-pump hasn't been very successful, since the pump looses prime very quickly if it inducts any air (cavitates). It is more difficult to avoid cavitation on or near the surface than you might believe.

Kelly Duffie
Cypress, TX