The battle against Algae- Dan Rodgerson

[Danrodgerson]

I have read a bunch on the battle against algae and have been watching my circulations, making sure I do not overfeed or have too many fish. One thing that has really worked this year was pond dye. My wife hates it but it works.

Is the idea of putting Barley in the pond to battle algae an Urban Legend?



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[HARO]

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Is the idea of putting Barley in the pond and Urban Legend?



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Probably, but I could find at least 50 people who swear by it.
John

 

[addy1]

Lots of plants control it for me

 

[mgmine]

A UV light was the best investment I made. It turned the pond from pea green to clear in a few days and has kept it that way. Summer is too short to wait for things to clear up. I waited two years and nature never took over.

 

[sissy]

It depends on the brand of barley .Bales not sure they do anything .But I bought 3 kinds of liquid barley and peat and found that 1 had a bad smell (pondcare )and did not work in the stock tank and was a clear liquid another was dark and smelled like you would think barley and peat should smell (tetra)and worked great and third was semi clear but also did nothing (microblift ) so to me the tetra was the best out of 3 .Sick fish i found national geographic meds worked the best .My big aggie injured herself and now in a stock tank since it happened and she looks great .Freak accident that shocked me .They also have ick relief and it worked great on some sick fish from another ponder here where i live.My opinion and only by my testing