Pond scum - How to clean

[SFZack]

Curious if anyone can help me out with the stuff in the pond pictured below. It's not slimy, but more so floating of the top of the water. What can I put in the pond to clear it up/out? How much $$$ am I looking at spending too?

Pond is located in Hunt County if that matters.

[wooman]

Cutrine plus will take care of it. Cost about $60 a gallon. If you have fish you don’t won’t to treat but a third at a time. The dying algae will deplete oxygen

[SFZack]

I should mention that the pond is pretty small. The first picture shows the "far" bank with me standing on the other end.

[SFZack]

Cutrine plus will take care of it. Cost about $60 a gallon.

Is this something a Tractor Supply type store would carry?

[Codypatt1]

Yes. They should have that. Works great. Get you some tilapia in the next few weeks and toss in there as well. 5-8 lbs will work for that size pond

[wooman]

Yes Tractor supply sells it

[SFZack]

Thanks guys. Honestly not sure if it had fish in it yet or not, meant to take a rod with me today when I went out to fill a feeder but forgot. Hope to find out shortly.

[Bisch]

Yes. They should have that. Works great. Get you some tilapia in the next few weeks and toss in there as well. 5-8 lbs will work for that size pond

Not to hijack, but where would I get tilapia from????

Bisch


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[RattlesnakeDan]

Thought this was about Pelosi. I'll move on.

[Keith]

Not to hijack, but where would I get tilapia from????

Bisch


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I'd like to get some, too. Plus they are great eating.

[Keith]

Copper Sulfate Algaecide is what used last year. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It worked great, although mine wasn't quite as bad as your pics are. I used roughly a cup in about a 1/2 acre pond. It took about a week and I suddenly noticed the algae was gone one day.

[cvanbrunt]

Copper sulfate will do it but again, if there’s fish in there only do 1/2 to 1/3 at a time or you’ll kill them all off.


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[sailor]

50lb of Corn gluten meal...…………
Just broadcast it, with a coffee can...…..
Copper Sulfate will work...…………..
But, remember it's a heavy metal...………….
And will never leave your echo-system...……….

[Old Goat1]

Not to hijack, but where would I get tilapia from????

Bisch


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Bisch, I have stocked Mozanbique tilapia for 3 of the last 5 years. Normally 5lbs for a 3/4 arce pond. They die off if the water temp reaches below 50 degrees. I normally put them in here around march. They do a number on vegetation. No permit needed. Pay about $6/#. I buy them locally at the Bait Barn in Bryan. They do grow bass because they are so prolific. Lots of forage. Try a bait shop. Sorry OP for side tracking your post.

[Mountaineer]

Look up mosquito fern. Can’t tell from the pics but my pond is covered with it. I think mine is too shallow and silted in to hold fish year round but I would still like to get rid of it.

Check with the north TX Co-op in Greenville for fish. The have a guy that comes ever now and then and delivers fish.


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