Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Identifying plants Identification Help Please

For something with surfactant for emergent shoreline plants also consider Shore-Klear Plus. The hair like clumps of green are filamentous algae (FA) that first started growth on the bottom, it became thick, matted and buoyant to now float on the surface. It is waiting to die since it lost its hold onto the bottom where it grows best. I would remove as much as possible to remove the nutrients that were absorbed to allow it to grow. Removal removes nutrients from the pond. Killing and having it decay puts those nutrients back into the pond to later grow more hair algae. Feeding the "fire". For killing it use a copper based chemical algaecides or one of the peroxygen based products. Tilapia love to eat the string algae. IL may does not allow tilapia to be stocked in ponds though. A long handled telescoping pool bag/leaf net is good for FA removal and a very handy pond tool.