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BobinKY

08-13-2007 20:09:40




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I had two ponds dug about two years ago. The smaller one is about 70 feet long by 40 feet wide and about six feet deep in the middle. It is quickly filling up with a seaweed looking material which is totally submerged. I did some research and found a chemical recommended for this material but they want $145 per gallon. Years back we used copper sulfate in an onion sack which we attached to a bleach bottle and let it bob around the pond. Has anybody used this chemical for vegitation in a pond, or do you have any other recommendations that will not require me to get a second job to afford? Any help is greatly appreciated. You folks have been so much help to me in the past and I really appreciate your thoughts.

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Fighting suburbia in NC

08-18-2007 20:01:13




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 Goldfish work well in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
Just visited a friend's cattle operation in West Virginia and, much to my surprise, the two stock ponds he has goldfish in are clean - the two bigger impounds with grass carp are not as clean. The goldfish are able to survive the winter so they are getting big and numerous. Plus it is therapeutic to sit on the bank and toss bread to them and listen to the frogs.



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J Heitkemper

08-22-2007 19:50:49




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 Re: Goldfish work well in reply to Fighting suburbia in NC, 08-18-2007 20:01:13  
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST



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James22

08-17-2007 14:11:37




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
One problem with grass carp is that they only digest about 40% of what they eat. The reminder is discharged into the pond and can give it a green color. You could aerate the pond (pump the water into the air for sun bleaching) to help this issue. Also grass carp prefer to eat the most desirable plants which happen to be good for the game fish, then will eat the undesirable moss. You can put enough grass carp in that they will eat everything, but fishing will really suffer. The bottom line is that there is no easy, cheap fix. I use a couple of grass carp, but if you want a clean pond and good fishing and you don't want to mechanically remove the moss, you will use chemicals.

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Ray

08-15-2007 14:29:17




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
We use copper sulfate for a quick fix,but it won't usually last over a couple weeks and won't kill some things.Karmex will clean a pond right up and kill weeds that grow from under the water.
It is sold at local elevators and cost around $25
for 5 pounds.One bag will do my acre pond.



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BobinKY

08-15-2007 08:50:15




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
Allen, I think that grandfather stuff has gone to your head! Goldfish!! At least they are a lot cheaper than the chemicals so maybe I'll stop by wallyworld and get me a bag full of the little critters on the way out this weekend. At least the herrins will be my friend for a while, if nothing else. Goldfish!!! Whodathunk!!



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old

08-15-2007 14:03:22




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-15-2007 08:50:15  
YES gold fish do work. They are grass eaters, etc. The cheapest place you can buy them is a bait shop. They will cost you less then half of what wally world will want for them. You can also buy grass carp but they cost around $10 each and don't do any thing more the the gold fish will do for a lot less $$

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TGIN

08-14-2007 14:53:58




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
We had canadian geese hatch out this yr. and they just left in the last few weeks . Our pond was covered with amarican pond weed about 10 ft. out all the way around and the geese ate it back to about a ft. or 2 from the bank . But what go`s in is gona come out , they sure make a mess . We have some grass carp but dont knock it back much , there gettin big , it`s time for a new batch .



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havvey

08-14-2007 16:33:29




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to TGIN, 08-14-2007 14:53:58  
there are herbacides for ponds pond master was one fish would probably be erradicated too.



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old

08-14-2007 08:14:41




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
Any fish in the carp family will clean up a pond well. Gold fish are in the carp family and are cheap if you buy them from a bait shop. It takes a year or so for them to do it but they will and they also get big very big after a few years. Plus doing it that way you use no chemicals that may hurt other things. My self I like to use what nature gives us instead of man made chemiclas to fix thing since most of the time the man made stuff messes up something else down the line

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Allan In NE

08-14-2007 04:19:05




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
Goldfish. Just like ya do to clean up a horse tank.

Allan



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Sid

08-14-2007 06:26:31




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to Allan In NE, 08-14-2007 04:19:05  
Bass and perch are better eating



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Dave from MN

08-14-2007 05:37:49




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to Allan In NE, 08-14-2007 04:19:05  
Goldfish? I have never heard that, I have a natural pond, about an acre and a half to two acres in size( well drought this year shrunk it up quite a bit). I been wanting to clean it up too, getting filled up with what looks like milfoil. Do you need to areate to keep the little suckers alive , or are they low oxygen tolerant?



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Allan In NE

08-15-2007 03:53:01




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to Dave from MN, 08-14-2007 05:37:49  
No, not in the wild.

Those "little suckers" will grow up to be a foot long and eat like there is no tomorrow. :>)

Allan



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old

08-15-2007 14:05:59




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to Allan In NE, 08-15-2007 03:53:01  
Allan I have seen gold fish that where more then 2 foot long before in ponds. A gold fish will grow up as big as any other breed of carp just gold instead of the other colors. And talk about a fun fish to catch they can be a hand full on a rod



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coup

08-14-2007 03:40:56




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 Re: Pond Clean-up in reply to BobinKY, 08-13-2007 20:09:40  
grass carp



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