What made it obnoxious? -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Clifford Miller Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:28 PM To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Pond Algae is a hairy problem Although I can't say what specific brand/make/model it was, a prior neighbor of ours used to have a similar device attached to their front porch (which I assumed at the time was to keep dogs out of the garden), and it was obnoxious. If we were out for a stroll and wanting to go that direction, we'd sometimes actually walk the opposite direction, and back around the next block...so I'd try to find one locally and test it out first or order online from a store with a good return policy if the pond is in an area you use much. That said, I've also heard that they make these for kids as well...maybe it was one of those and just fooled by our immaturity? And just to try and one-up the plant destruction, our raccoons visit our garden pond almost nightly, and occasionally deposit animal and bird corpses there, mafia-style. At first I thought I was drowning things, even though I had added ways to crawl out of the pond. Once I got lazy and just used a stick to flick the dead crow down the hill in our yard and forgot to throw it away...the next morning it had found it's way *back* into the pond... *sigh* Cliff > OK = I will take algae over raccoons any day - I have them tearing > apart any plant I get as soon as it starts to look good. I found a > ultrasound repeller - > > http://tinyurl.com/6z9jp5 > > Have any of you tried something like this? > > Linda > > On Jul 11, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Steev Ward wrote: > >> I've heard several people say that the long thin hair algae >> (Spirogyra? Zygnema?) >> doesn't like salt, and that you can add the right amount of salt >> that will stop it from >> growing but not bother the other plants. But you never know how >> that's going to work in >> reality. >> >> The biological additves are often recommended under the assumption >> that better >> biological filtration can take away the nurients that the algae >> need. I have a big gob >> of some tall grass-like plant in my pond that seems to compete well >> with the algae. >> >> Steev >> >> --- Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote: >> >>> You can have all the azolla you want (wink)....I'm CONSTANTLY >>> netting off >>> huge batches and tossing it over the fence to the poultry in order >>> to even >>> SEE my shubunkins in the 100g stock tank. The goldfish don't seem >>> to like >>> to eat this floater whereas duckweed is soon eliminated. It's kind >>> fun to >>> watch the 'submarine' shubunkin inhaling duckweed at the >>> surface...he/she >>> looks like some kind of huge underwater monster. IF I could >>> actually SEE >>> his/her whole body, he/she might actually be pretty! >>> >>> Betty Goetz >>> >>>> Thanks Cliff and Betty, >>>> >>>> I agree plants would definitely be a good direction. Right now >>>> the pond >>>> is about 1/3 covered with Water Hyacinth, water lettuce, lillies, >>>> frog >>>> bit and duckweed. There are numerous other plants in the pond as >>>> well, >>>> but, not ones that cover the surface. The pond gets sun all day, >>>> full >>>> sun. I agree chemicals are not desirable either. Do either of >>>> you know >>>> where one might get inexpensive plants for the pond? I think the >>>> surface needs to be more covered than it is. >>>> >>>> Clay >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member