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Whether appearing as a greenish tinge in the water long hair like strands or a layer of slime on rocks and other pond surfaces algae are only problems.

Koi fish pond toys. To get rid of algae in a pond try planting more aquatic plants in your pond like lily pads cattails or watercress which will absorb the nutrients that algae needs to grow. Another very common cause of algae is having too many fish in the pond. You can also throw a small bale of barley straw into your pond which will slowly kill any algae over the course of a few weeks while it rots.

The algae that causes green pond water grows because there is a nutrient imbalance in the pond. Some fish including the siamese algae eater pond loach and occasionally koi these algae can grow quickly and impact the appearance and ecosystem of your pond. In addition to other non life threatening challenges algae obscure colorful fish and deplete valuable oxygen.

While small amounts of filamentous algae are not harmful it is important to control string algae before it grows out of control. Generally the most popular fish to add to your pond koi come in over 100 different varieties that can be breathtaking to look watcha koi fishs ability to help eat algae often is overlooked as a benefit. This ubiquitous unwelcome plant life in all its green glory is the bane of the pond keepers existence and can make the simple pleasures of pond and fish keeping seem like chores.

Next are to fight algae with live plants. What you feed your fish and how often can impact the amount of fish waste. In fact when properly controlled having some green algae not the blue green kind in your garden pond is actually considered healthy and necessary for aquatic ecosystems as they will photosynthesize produce oxygen and provide a natural food source for many fish insects and wildlife species.

Plants and algae have been competing with each other since the dawn of time and heavily planted ponds especially in full sun rarely experience the severe algae problems suffered by bare unplanted ponds. How to kill algae without killing fish. Especially during winter months as food is more scarce.

The more plants you have the less food there is for algae. Keeping koi or goldfish in a pond is very enjoyable but the waste that fish produce gets broken down into nitrates which feeds algae. Plants can also help.

Algaeits the number one complaint of pond keepers. Try to keep your fish population at one or two koi or two or three goldfish per 200 gallons. And algae love fish waste.

Algae is not the favorite food of koi but in the absence of other tastier food koi will eat algae and plants as part of their diet.