Forums36
Topics40,964
Posts558,008
Members18,506
|
Most Online3,612 Jan 10th, 2023
|
|
11 members (JoshMI, Boondoggle, highflyer, FishinRod, Shorthose, Sunil, anthropic, canyoncreek, Dave Davidson1, esshup, bmicek),
1,102
guests, and
190
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 |
Just an FYI.
Was scuba diving in pond yesterday to install some permanent moorings for boat fishing. After finished and observing fish for a while, somewhat of an afterthought, decided to look at the diffusers and see how they were doing. Have three dual Matala 9".
Glad I did. Had an eight inch of crud over a lot of the surface. The first two were still passing air fine, but notice slightly better air flow after rubbing the surface and tapping on the balooned out surface with my hand. But when arrived at the north diffuser, the left of the pair only had air coming out about a third of the area and the right side was also heavily encrusted. A lot more air flowed after cleaning.
These diffusers have been running constantly since spring.
So if your diffusers have been in the pond a long while, might be worth checking them. Most people will not have the option of going under water and viewing them in operation (kind of cool, by the way), but pulling them up by rope might also do the trick. Just throwing in a data point here..... I put my Teflon tube diffusers in May of 2014. Just pulled them up. Their pedestals were covered with "slim" but the tubes looked like the day I dropped them in.
Last edited by Bill D.; 08/18/16 08:56 PM.
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,541 Likes: 845
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
|
Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 28,541 Likes: 845 |
For algae control measures, what time of year ought I look to release Common Pleco, trapdoor snails, or whatever kind of algae eating critter in my pond? It never freezes over, has a couple of year-round springs feeding it, and is chocked full of algae pretty seriously. I would recommend not using those two mentioned. If looking for a biological to control Filamentous Algae, I would look into Tilapia if they are legal in your state. Open water year round doesn't mean that the water won't get too cold for warm water algae eating species to die....
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 38
|
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 38 |
Thanks esshup, for the point of water temperature & species sensitivity. I'll read up on tilapia [in Colorado].
Will it do any good to embark on removing the really thick FA right now this late in the summer? Or ought I wait until spring again to really take all measures against algae that I can?
Yes, as someone else posted here recently, I get that turning around a pond doesn't happen quickly, but adding algae-eating fish, perhaps even more aeration, scraping LOTS of floating FA off, etc. would make a difference any time of year, but I gather mainly in the spring.
I'd think there is no bad time (using commonsense) to do any pond maintenance. As I've read, any is at least something.
|
|
|
Moderated by Bill Cody, Bruce Condello, catmandoo, Chris Steelman, Dave Davidson1, esshup, ewest, FireIsHot, Omaha, Sunil, teehjaeh57
|
|