Pond Algae Help

[Fahd]

Hello Folks,

I'm hoping you experienced folks will be able to help me with my algae problem. Firstly, a required disclaimer: I am a complete newbie and until a few minutes ago didn't even know that green stuff was called algae!

I have a pond that has been neglected for a few years. And it is full of algae as you can see from the attached picture. Sorry, I do not know what type of algae. The ponds got roughly 5000 liters/1320 gallons of water and has a few fish surviving in it. Not sure what type of fish either!

I was considering purchasing either of these products http://www.shopatsimba.com/product_i...oducts_id=4376 or OCEAN FREE Absolute Algae Remover (http://aquariumsindia.com/productlisting.php?catid=37) before I came across this forum. Will either of these work and how much of it would I need for my pond?

Or where should I start? Thank you very much for your help and your patience in advance. As I mentioned, I am a complete newbie to all this.

Thanks again!

Regards,
Fahd

[barmby]

Read:-

pond that has been neglected for a few years

You may want to overhaul your filter system, scrub the pond, and restart by planting.

Does it smell ? It could be bacteria-like algae like BGA.

[jiajuen900]

It depends on how you want the pond to be. Planted with soil base or just simple koi pond

[Ebi]

Hi Fahd,

If you prefer a natural/organic solutions in preventing algae in ponds, you may want to read these articles I came across not too long ago. Depending on availabilty in your locale, it may also reduce your cost.

I'll attached these 2 first and see if I can compress the other article of more info, but exceeded the attachment file type limit of 200kb.

I have just changes the 2 attachments to links as well since I can still edit this post.

http://ag.utah.gov/divisions/animal/...arleystraw.pdf

http://resources.cas.psu.edu/WaterRe...awSynopsis.pdf

[Ebi]

Ooops... just realised I can create a link instead. Here's the 3rd article with a lot more research details.

http://www.nerc-wallingford.ac.uk/re...ey%20Straw.pdf