| Oh, Oh! It has been a while and I forgot to mention my favorite method of physically removing string algae. Put a one-quarter-inch steel rod about three feet long in the chuck of a variable speed cordless drill. Stick the rod in the water, loop it around some string algae a couple of times and turn on the drill. The string algae starts to wind up in the rod. Then it starts twisting masses of string into what looks like a big green slimy rope. Since most of the algae in the pond in somewhat intertwined to begin with, you end up pulling and twisting stuff from ten feet away as it is all wound into the green rope. You can pull out a rope with a wet weight of over twenty pounds. Its almost as much fun as not having string algae at all. Then again, some of us are easily entertained.
steve |