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Pond help
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:03 pm
Small fiberglass Outdoor pond about 160 gallons.. Water keeps turning green. In direct sun all day. Could this be the problem? Good water circulation and aeration. Water de-chlorinated and algae treated. All fish and plants keep dying. Clean it and start over and same thing within 3 weeks. Got water sample tested and pH was normal. 
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 1:06 pm
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Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:06 pm to lesgeaux
algal blooms, man. has nothing to do with your PH. if you are treating your lawn or it is downhill from an area that is being treated.. those nutrients (nitrates, etc) are going to cause those algal blooms.
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:07 pm to lesgeaux
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:11 pm to bmy
Got ya.. So could 12 hours of direct sun/day be helping algae take over and kill the plants and fish?
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:22 pm to lesgeaux
Probably the temperature of the water along with oxygen depletion.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:24 pm to lesgeaux
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Got ya.. So could 12 hours of direct sun/day be helping algae take over and kill the plants and fish?
the fish are dying due to a lack of oxygen OR the algae are stressed and releasing toxins. most likely just a typical fish kill from a lack of oxygen though. you could try adding another aerator.. and if the fish don't have sores on them it is probably not a toxin.
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:25 pm to WHATASHAME
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Probably the temperature of the water along with oxygen depletion.
agreed...I think 12 hours of direct sun is just too much on that size of pond to be sustainable...water is probably topping a hundred degrees.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 1:39 pm to lesgeaux
Method 1: Inches of Fish Per Gallon
One rule of thumb for outdoor pond loads is to allot 33.33 gallons per inch of koi, and 20 gallons per inch of goldfish. For example, if you have a school of goldfish and their total length from mouth to tail is 94 inches, then you need a pond that holds at least 20x94 = 1880 gallons.
One rule of thumb for outdoor pond loads is to allot 33.33 gallons per inch of koi, and 20 gallons per inch of goldfish. For example, if you have a school of goldfish and their total length from mouth to tail is 94 inches, then you need a pond that holds at least 20x94 = 1880 gallons.
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