http://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/help-attack-of-the-killer-filamentous-algae-or-maybe-not/ "If only I had found this website last year when I started my pond!” Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/help-attack-of-the-killer-filamentous-algae-or-maybe-not/#comment-1087 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:14:38 +0000 http://thegardenpondblog.org.uk/?p=3445#comment-1087 To add to my last comment, it comes back to me that the only effective way to get rid of string algae is to put Barley Straw extract in the pond. Or let bales of Barley decompose in the pond–as slower but less expensive method.

]]> http://jeremybiggs.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/help-attack-of-the-killer-filamentous-algae-or-maybe-not/#comment-1086 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:06:42 +0000 http://thegardenpondblog.org.uk/?p=3445#comment-1086 Would it be feasible to add beneficial bacteria to the pond? This should eat up excess nutrients that the algae feed on. I don’t know how large your pond is. In my garden pond, I find that algae is only a problem in the spring when there is not an adequate balance of bacteria, plant life, and nutrients.

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