So, I went out of town for a week. When I can back, I went to check on the pond and all of the string algae and banket algae were gone! I could see the each of the river gravel and all of the rocks on the plant shelves.
So usually, when I am in town, at the end of the day I go sit by the pond and feed the fish and turtles. I guess being out of town, with no one feeding the fish, they all turned on the algae and ate it! I think I will be cutting back on the amount of food I am feeding. I still enjoy sitting by the pond and feeding everyone, but I am definitely going to cut back on the quantity of food for the fish. Less waste to provide nutrients for the algae and keep the fish more hungry and grazing on algae during the day.
So usually, when I am in town, at the end of the day I go sit by the pond and feed the fish and turtles. I guess being out of town, with no one feeding the fish, they all turned on the algae and ate it! I think I will be cutting back on the amount of food I am feeding. I still enjoy sitting by the pond and feeding everyone, but I am definitely going to cut back on the quantity of food for the fish. Less waste to provide nutrients for the algae and keep the fish more hungry and grazing on algae during the day.