Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Help! Some kind of floating slime is taking over.

Jason

In my opinion you are over reacting to a very natural event of nearly all ponds - development of FA. It thrives in cool water temps - once the waters warm it will likely die, float to the top, and you can manually remove it. If you are that concerned over a little algae I'd recommend focusing your time and effort choosing some beneficial cultivars of submergent and emergent vegetation or using a pond dye early in the Spring. Stocking tilapia are probably the best organic solution. Also, if the FA is really taking off you might want to investigate where your excess nutrients are coming from...

My guess is, the pond is too young for much vegetation to establish, and all nutrients are available for FA. Give it time, it will abate, and following years you'll likely see less and less of it giving way to vegetation species.

Many are posing long term and thoughtful solutions, but you seem hell bent on trying to buy your way out of the situation. Not sure why you have such an aversion to FA...it's very benign and easily removed. I recommend spending significant time on the forum researching past threads and arming yourself with some knowledge before jumping to hasty conclusions.

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