I cannot beat STRING ALGAE, used Pondcare Algaefix made fish sick!

[Birdman]

When I removed the gravel from my pond bottom a couple of years ago, I used a plastic snow shovel. Worked very well.

[bekko]

Those who battle string algae the hardest never seem to get rid of it. Almost everyone who has had it say that they do not know why it disappeared.

Keep upgrading your pond and just ignore the algae. Hard work rewards.

-steveh

[Damon0306]

I only seem to have the problem in the hot summer, as soon as the night temps start going down into the 60's the problem seems to go away.

I was in the pond the other day with the garden hose with power washer nozzle.

I blasted every nick and cranny in the pond, and blasted a lot of the dead algae into the skimmer, as I ran the filter on waste out to move out all the junk.

Pond is crystal clear now and I cut back on the feedings.

I understand water quality but it's so hard to maintain PERFECT conditions in my natural pond.

I work evenings and I basically clean the pond/skimmer every morning and never skip a day.

I wish so badly I never went the natural pond route.. It looks nice but not possible to maintain perfect water.

I guess I have more of a water garden, something I just am not really in to.

The pond is a large oval sorta egg-shape with a waterfall at the wider end, measuring aprox 20 feet x 25 feet.

I had a very reptuable company come in to give me an estimate on a real KOI POND, gunite coated, bottom drains the whole works, and the aprox price to make a pond similiar in size but deeper around the 5 feet mark was $30,000.

Maybe if I hit the lottery I will get it. I already invested atleast that into this pond..

There is nothing I love more in life then these koi fish, I would spend any extra cash I have on this hobby..

Was in Vegas last year for the first time and visited the shark tank inside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

I was thinking how awesome it would be to fill a tank like that with KOI, and then when it came time to clean the tanks to go scuba diving with the koi!

[LizardBreath]

Quote: Originally Posted by Damon0306 I was thinking how awesome it would be to fill a tank like that with KOI, and then when it came time to clean the tanks to go scuba diving with the koi!

That would be awesome. My new pond going in is going to be big enough and deep enough to swim with koi. (It better be) Can't wait.
When I say swim, not on a daily basis of course but now and then to check them out with a snorkel.
Have you tried adding salt to the pond? It really seems to kill off the string algea. DO it right before a water change.
LBD