Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Moss going crazy

We recently raised the water level in a 2 acre pond. I am assuming that the moss is a result of the decaying plants and grass along the shoreline. I guess my question is am i correct that this is whats happening and how long can i expect the pond to be like this?

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Raising it is prolly not the cause. I think it's more todo with the weather this year, mines the same way..

The pond is at least 20 years old and the damn acts as the driveway to our farm. The deepest part is now 9 feet with an average around 6. I havent taken the water temp but we have been having highs in the 70s and 80s with lows around 50 for a week or two now. I dont know the PH or alkalinity. run off from farmers fertilizing the Hay fields and farmground could also be one reason for the moss. The pond has LMB, native Bluegill and i catch an occasional small crappie.

The moss was almost completely flushed out of the pond a week ago when we had 3 inches of rain and it only took a couple days to get bad again.

I had a significant build up of filamentous algae in my .62 pond when temps skyrocketed for a few weeks. Temps are now back to normal for this time of year and the fa is mostly gone.

My theory is the algae had an advantage over any competition from other types of plants for nutrients as it multiplies faster in quickly warming water.

I think your exactly right Cecil, my FA is above average and everything else is well below average.

If you had 3 inches of rain and the fields were recently fertilized then that could have caused the FA to explode.

Same scenario here in North Texas. FA bloomed much earlier than normal due to the mild winter, and heavy Spring rains. But, I added 100 lbs of Tilapia yesterday, so I hopefully should be good to go.

Same here - had to add 10lbs male/female tilapia to control unusual FA explosion in 1/4 acre when rarely have FA problem, controlled with 5lbs all male tilapia.

2 acre pond no algae problem but water primrose is exploding - just proves no two ponds are alike....

With the mild winter I thin FA is taking over the whole country this year. Tilapia a great management tool for this. Bass love 'em too.

My little pond did not have any FA as of this past weekend, or has not made it back up from the rains we had. The pond was full pool and beutiful, tiny pond but I love it. I think I may still try to fertilize or dye it just to keep it under control this year. As it has been a pain in years past.

my neighbor has a 10 actre pond. Very large bass. nearly covered with coontail moss. what would be best and fastest way to get rid of the moss?

he put 50 grass carp in but has never seen them since. they were 12 inches long when he put them in, he believes the large bass (up to 10 plus ponds) eat them as soon as he put them in. Is that possible? Should he put a larger number of grass carp in, or use a chemical and if so which one best? (10 acre pond)

he put 50 grass carp in but has never seen them since. they were 12 inches long when he put them in, he believes the large bass (up to 10 plus ponds) eat them as soon as he put them in. Is that possible? Should he put a larger number of grass carp in, or use a chemical and if so which one best? (10 acre pond)

Same here...really early FA explosion, had me worried, temps rose, rooted vegetation established, FA abated within a week totally gone.

Highly unlikely that the bass ate all 50 grass carp.... especially if they were 12 inches when stocked. Not saying they couldn't, but in my experience grass carp are very good at avoiding predation. Over a period of years I stocked nearly 100 grass carp in a 5 acre pond and didn't see any of them for the first several years. Eventually they eliminated every last bit of vegetation in the pond. Once the weeds were gone, I saw them all the time. It's a very fine line between not enough grass carp and too many. It's easy to keep adding more because you don't see them and the weeds are still there. My advice is to wait a couple years before adding more or you could end up with way too many in the pond.