Hello, I am a new member and recently built a small pond (200 gallons).
I purchased some water hyacinths and they are turning yellow , brown and dying.
I got the water tested and the PH was about 7.8 and the ammonia level was low.
I live in southern California and the pond get about 5 hours of full sun.
What am I doing wrong? I have about 15 feeder fish in it to test the water and they've been doing fine so far.
I've heard that I needed to get some iron for the plant but I have not been able to find any at Home depot or even at the Nursery where I got the water hyacinths.
Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
I purchased some water hyacinths and they are turning yellow , brown and dying.
I got the water tested and the PH was about 7.8 and the ammonia level was low.
I live in southern California and the pond get about 5 hours of full sun.
What am I doing wrong? I have about 15 feeder fish in it to test the water and they've been doing fine so far.
I've heard that I needed to get some iron for the plant but I have not been able to find any at Home depot or even at the Nursery where I got the water hyacinths.
Any help would be appreciated, thank you.