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What is this fuzzy mess? #520923 05/12/20 07:53 PM
Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 68 Likes: 3 Ohio B bcraley OP
OP bcraley B Joined: Jun 2018 Posts: 68 Likes: 3 Ohio	2nd Spring for this pond being full. Water is quite clear. What is this brown fuzzy mess that is attached to every hard surface in the pond? I noticed some a month or so ago but it just keeps growing... how do I clean it up... pretty sure no one is going to be wanting to swim, if it gets worse. Tilapia go in on Saturday and I'm in the process of installing aeration. Attached Images

Re: What is this fuzzy mess? bcraley #520924 05/12/20 08:26 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,158 Likes: 493 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH B Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 15,158 Likes: 493 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	To me the brown fussy looks like a form of filamentous algae (FA) that is coated with very fine silt-clay that is contributing to the majority of what is making your water cloudy. From a distance the algae looks link one of the branched types of FA maybe Stigeoclonium. Last edited by Bill Cody; 05/12/20 08:29 PM. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management

Re: What is this fuzzy mess? bcraley #520947 05/13/20 07:19 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,770 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Sunil Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,770 Likes: 303 Somerset, PA	Here's the picture: Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."

Re: What is this fuzzy mess? bcraley #521049 05/15/20 06:52 AM
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Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,068 Likes: 280 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	Never seen that It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP