Moss in pond

Animal · May 27, 2008

Is their any good product that wont harm the fish to put in a pond for moss?

Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2008

princep or simizine works great safe to fish and people

RockyMo · May 27, 2008

I have used copper sulfate with good luck. Go to your local coop store and talk to them, you will generally get good information.

Rocky in MO

Big Country - IL · May 27, 2008

Used to work at fish hatcheries - copper sulfate is what we used...

Walt Davies · May 27, 2008

Put an aerator in it, will keep it clean as a whistle.
Walt

730 virgil · May 27, 2008

i know a man that sells lots of barley straw for the reason

Anonymous-0 · May 27, 2008

used copper sulfate, Becareful it will also kill the trees along the bank.

Gene Dotson · May 27, 2008

My Amish neighbors use a couple of old hay bales. Just throw the whole bale in the pond on opposite sides. Seems to work, had crystal clear ice last winter... Gene

rednekelmo · May 27, 2008

I got tired of doing copper sufate all the time I ended up buying about 10 grasscarp no more moss. when killing the moss be careful if much of your pond is covered if you kill to much moss off at one time you'll have a nice fish kill

ironandsteel · May 27, 2008

I suspect what you have is algae. Last year my pond was a nasty green mess with algae and duckweed. I didn't want to put any herbicides in there.

I have done a LOT of reading on this and my conclusion is that lack of Oxygen is the real culprit. So, here is what I did.

I took a 50' piece of that black porous soaker hose and hooked it to my shop air compressor via a valve and regulator. I plugged up the end. I just let a little trickle of air out.

To keep it on the bottom, I got a section of old wire rope (from my neighbor's junkpile) and some nylon rope. I braided these three together, and let the rope extend way beyond the end so I could drag it.

I give it just enough air so that I see very fine bubbles accumulating on the surface. It is interesting- as the water gets warmer, I see fewer bubbles on the surface. This must mean that the water is absorbing more oxygen- which is great!

So far- no green crap at all. Late summer will tell the tale tho!

Fountains work too, but I did this for $0 outlay. I just pay for the electricity when the compressor cuts on, which is not very often.

JBMac · May 27, 2008

Careful larry, that would be an off-label use, as would using Diuron would be....

Jeff in TX · May 27, 2008

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