Need suggestions to control algae/waste in a large pond ( man made )?
I work at a park, and we have a 1.5 million gallon pond that houses Japanese Koi and goldfish. when the pond was installed the park management opted not to install a filter system, and now 7 years later itd be very difficult ( and more expensive ) to retrofit some mechanical filtration into the pond. what we are looking for is some kind of bio-logical replacement. we had catfish but either they died or are just in effective. at this writing the pond is undergoing a cleaning and will have fresh well water pumped in. I’m thinking maybe some snails,but not sure if the fish will eat all of them ( they’re swimming pigs ) i have also considered some other algae eater fish. temperature in the water usually hovers around 55, and the deepest section of the pond drops to 4 feet so the fish will have somewhere to go to for the occasional cold day. we’re in central Florida, so most fish are available. so any suggestions regarding fish are feasible
Tagged with: 5 million • algae eater fish • catfish • central florida • cold day • filter system • fish temperature • gallon pond • goldfish • japanese koi • mechanical filtration • park management • pigs • snails • well water
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You need to update your filter system buddy. otherwise you will be messing about for years.
I’m not an expert on this but my brother uses snails in his backyard pond to control algae. I believe your supposed to provide hiding places for the algae so they don’t all become fish food.
This link is to Gardens Alive, a company that deals in organic and all natural, chemical free products for the home gardener. They have a pond cleaner product that will help clean up large farm ponds without harming fish or wildlife that visit the pond.
http://www.gardensalive.com/product.asp?pn=3442
If you have koi, you have an outdoor aquarium and must treat it accordingly. Koi must be fed and therefore they poop. Most of that stuff on the bottom is koi poop combined with decomposed organic vegetable matter accumulated over the years. If you have a koi pond, you must have a filtration system.
Microbe-LIft makes an enzyme that will be a temporary fix, but a retrofit filter is going to be cheaper in the long run.