Green Clean?

[Cincy Ranchu]

Anybody have any experience with Green Clean , a granialr Algicide. I believe the chemistry is Potassium peroxide. You basically sprinkle it on filamentous alsge in the pond and the algae is killed. I am doing a test on my 10K koi /goldfish pond.

Appreciate some comments....

thx GH

[Casper]

I would never use any algaecide products.

I just have a suggestion for a possible alternative.

http://www.pondbiz.com/home/pb1/page_896_441/barley_straw_bales_2_pack.html

Supposedly this is safe, has anyone ever used straw bales in their ponds?

[cowiche ponder]

I would never use any algaecide products.

I just have a suggestion for a possible alternative.

http://www.pondbiz.com/home/pb1/page_896_441/barley_straw_bales_2_pack.html

Supposedly this is safe, has anyone ever used straw bales in their ponds?

Sorry for the link to another forum, but here is a LOT of information on a CHEAP algicide and the experimental use by a respected person on the Koiphen group.

http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53618&highlight=algae+potassium Talks about sodium percarbonate bought in bulk without a fancy name/label

Barley straw does nothing but produce hydrogen peroxide and makes a mess to boot. Best cure for string algae is patience and excellent filtration. It can take time and aging of a pond to get rid of it and good filtration to take the dead stuff out of the system

[Ichthius]

Hi Gary

Koiphen is the wealth of knowledge I know of for this product. Just buy the bulk cheap product on ebay. It's a fraction of the price.

I believe it can cause a nasty spike in the pH as the peroxides are bound by carbonates and you know what free carbonate can do to pH.

[bekko]

I sort of like string algae. Sometimes I move it from one pond to another to help it get established. It is hard to grow on purpose

String algae is like a disposable paper towel. If you have excess nutrients, the string algae is a good way to mop it up and put nutrients into a form that can be physically removed from the system.

The fish eat most species and you will almost never see a swim bladder problem when it is present. The mat also creates habitat for a variety of invertebrates and microbial aggregates which are consumed by the fish.

Why would anyone want to kill such a nice plant??

-steve

[Guenther]

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The fish eat most species and you will almost never see a swim bladder problem when it is present. The mat also creates habitat for a variety of invertebrates and microbial aggregates which are consumed by the fish.

Why would anyone want to kill such a nice plant??

-steve

:exact:

My fish like the algae, they graze on the ponds wall the algae like a cow in the meadow.

http://www.shubunkin.de/temp/green_algae.jpg

[Veil Gal]

In my small 300 gallon pond string algae is unsightly, it wraps around all the other aquatic plants, and clogs my filter . And worst of all, it traps and can kill small fish, especially fry. I have had to untangle more than one little fish from a web of string algae. Some never recover.

[Cincy Ranchu]

I actually like string algae, it just plugs my pump prescreen up every three days or so in June - August. With my travel schedule I often not home mid week, the end result is that the flow to my bead filter and UV goes from 100 gpm to about 30 over five days.
This often results in a smelly backwash and cloudy water for part of the week end.

Planning on some lily shade this year, but the koi can be pretty agressive with plants:coffee: