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hello i am new here and new to owning ponds. this floating vegetation has just about taken over my pond. can anyone tell me what it is and how can i get rid of it? i know the picture is kind of fuzzy but it has a gelaton type of texture, and looks almost like a brain or ground meat. sorry for the weird description but thats the best way i can describe it. 
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Welcome to the forum Cory!
I'm a fish guy, and not a vegetation guy. Somebody may recognize it, but the photo maybe could be a little clearer.
Good luck.
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yeah i'm gonna try and get some better pics thanks anyway.
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Just a guess cory, but it looks like filmentous algea (FA) to me. When it gets warm and sunny the FA floats on the surface.
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makes sense cause believe me its plenty warm and sunny down here...lol
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Cory...was it green at one time and is now turning brown? If you stir it around, does it move in a clump or does it fall apart?
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it seperates some and from what i can tell it is always brow. when you move it, it looks like strands of ground meat.
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Those shots of it on your hand sure look like FA. See the Archive FA thread.
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It doesn't appear to be the typical filamentous algae that most pondowners have. From your description and since it looks like there is a good amount of gelatinous texture to it, it it could be one of the filamentous bluegreen algae such as Nostoc or Nodularia or possibly a species of Anabaena that forms gelatinous "globs". For a positive identification it needs to be examined with a microscope by someone familiar with algae. The gelatinous nature will likely make it difficult to kill with chemicals because the chemicals will have a difficult time penetrating the gelatinous coating.
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Around here we would call it "squidge". 
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