Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations New Fish Cage Designs?

AP,

That's great you don't have an algae problem. For me cleaning the algae off the cage mesh is a weekly job.

I will say for me, for that reason --the smaller mesh along the sides of the cage at and below the water line to keep feed in -- would get clogged rapidly by algae and create a lack of water flow through. At least it's a concern for me. Instead of the using the fine mesh I use floating PVC made into a square or rectangle with 90 degree elbows(feeding ring) and float that in the cage.

Don't use too much mesh in the bottom of the cage. You need waste products to fall out of the cage. If you overlap your seams enough and use enough plastic zip ties at the edge of the two edges of the seam you shouldn't have to worry about escapees.