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My grandmother has a small stone goldfish pond and the water is quite murky I heard there was some type of tablet that can eat the algae and help clear the water?
Thank you for any advice you can give me
BL

do a couple of water changes and put a heap of plants in the pond that will keep future algae down, but also do a search of online shops there are plenty of algae removers out there

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Water changes will do the trick & some plants will help aswell.


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Ok I'll go a search and see what I can come up with, but has anyone use these tablets or liquid algae killers in the past? My grandparents can't change the water too easily I'll be stopping by in November and I'll beable to do a water change then what what can I tell them to do in the time being?
BL

Last edited by bettalife at 22-Oct-2005 20:50

you could tell then to put the hose in the pond and let it overflow for a while to flush out some algae and then add neutralizer(sp?), also no i havent seen algae remover tabs used, another suggestion is cut down on the food for the fish and they will start to eat algae as well.

sorry for the late reply

OH TOLEEDY!

Algae removing tablets will kill most all aquatic plants as well....and you want the aquatic plants to help outcompete the algae for the food:%)!

As suggested above, try cutting back on feedings which they should be doing that now as the weather is getting colder anyway. Increased water changes will help but if they're not able to handle the added work that's understandable, just have them keep that in mind and make sure the pond isnt' overstocked or being overfed.

Depending on what type of algae it is they may see the problem solved (for this year anyway) as the weather cools off.

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