raymond
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| Algae | February 23, 2009 @ 10:50am | | A word about algae: Algae is an underwater plant, a weed, and it takes up excess nutrients in the pond water (from fish, fish foods and other pollutants). When it dies, in the pond, it will release all the nutrients contained within back into the pond (nitrogen and phosphate). For this reason, it is most expedient to remove, by hand, as much string algae as possible, before treating the pond. It is also important to add Beneficial Bacteria (such as Microbe-Lift/PL) two days after treating the pond to remove the dead alga plants as quickly as possible. The beneficial bacteria can also contribute to long-term nitrate removal by converting the nitrates to nitrogen gas (via denitrification). |
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