My water will turn more green with a good bloom rather than mostly brown. Although some blooms can be brown and/or reddish. My blooms have always been green. When my blooms go nuts, the water will be a wild green, kinda nuclear looking...
![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=11701&filename=Pond 2017 Jun 01 Green Algae Bloom 01.jpg)
And if it gets completely out of hand it caused a surface funk...
![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=14824&filename=Floaty%20Scum%2003.jpg)
![[Linked Image]](https://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=14828&filename=Floaty%20Scum%2004.jpg)
All of the above photos are extreme events and not typical. The difference between a no-bloom-muddy-water day and a good-bloom day is rather insignificant, just a few shades of green beyond yesterday's more brownish water.