Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Floating green algae

Tilapia are a pond management tool. The amount or number of TP to add to a pond for the first time is an evaluation process year by year. Too many quickly reduces the amount of algae in several weeks, although more TP costs more. Very slow or little visible loss of algae over the summer means that you did not add enough TP for that year's amount of algae problem. As manager it is your job to evaluate the initial amount of algae present and amount of TP, then adjust the amount of TP next time. As esshup says each one can eat just so much algae per size of individual. If you have lot of hungry bass they will eat proportionally the smallest TP and the young new TP who also in high numbers do eat lots of algae. Remember that using TP to reduce algae is the only type of algae treatment that you can use to eat at the end of the year. You can not eat any of the chemical treatments.