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Red Algae - Ready to NUKE #478949 08/24/17 04:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 115 Dallas, TX 3 3z3k3l Member
3z3k3l Member 3 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 115 Dallas, TX	So it's year three for my pond and I've had some FA move in, Hydrilla take over, and now a Red algae... So far I have applied a gallon of Mizzen... https://www.lakerestoration.com/p-82-mizzen.aspx about 2 days ago..but now the pond smells like ammonia and it turned completely red... Ready to nuke it and start over....any suggestions? Attachments ---->My Pond Build Thread

Re: Red Algae - Ready to NUKE 3z3k3l #478955 08/24/17 06:53 PM
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,869 Likes: 303 East Texas, USA A anthropic
anthropic A Joined: May 2014 Posts: 3,869 Likes: 303 East Texas, USA	I'm sure no expert, but you might want to take Hurricane Harvey into consideration. If you nuke BOW and then get 10 inches of rain, what would be the impact? 7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160

Re: Red Algae - Ready to NUKE 3z3k3l #478986 08/25/17 08:26 AM
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ewest Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 22,033 Likes: 483 Miss.	That is likely, at least a large part, the results of the copper application you made - dead cellular material. How is your alkalinity ? I would wait to do anymore as long as your alkalinity is good.

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