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Thread: Any Sign of the Slimy Stuff?
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27-05-2017, 05:19 PM #21
This year i have had big clumps of Blanket weed and i vacc it all out as i dont really like using chemicals but i suppose there are times you have to..
The hit sun as caused a fair bit of BW and ive gotten to vaccin twice a week....
Ive not had any of the black slimey stuff and i hope i dont....You get what you pay for...
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27-05-2017, 08:28 PM #22
Totally agree, mine was not clearing, but I finally got on top of it after adding an extra 100 lpm of air. Keep up water changes so you keep nitrates as low as possible, so it has nothing to feed on. The existing will have to be removed manually though, which for me meant brushing the entire pond and then cleaning the filter three or four times a day for two days.
One more thing, it kills grass. I put a few filter pads on the lawn to hose them down, and after a week there was a dead patch of grass where each one rested.
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Blue Eco 320
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27-05-2017, 08:48 PM #23
Totally agree, mine was not clearing, but I finally got on top of it after adding an extra 100 lpm of air. Keep up water changes so you keep nitrates as low as possible, so it has nothing to feed on. The existing will have to be removed manually though, which for me meant brushing the entire pond and then cleaning the filter three or four times a day for two days.
One more thing, it kills grass. I put a few filter pads on the lawn to hose them down, and after a week there was a dead patch of grass where each one rested.
Mark19,000 litres
Nexus 320 with Dracodrum and submersible UV
Blue Eco 320
Eazy Pod on skimmer
Dura+ 10kW Heat Pump
15 koi
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27-05-2017, 10:13 PM #24
Used cba May Day ,noticed black slimed algae week later, brushed pond walls today,gonna let filter do the work,upped air in pond this evening,gonna have to discharge filters a few times tomorrow by the look of it
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28-05-2017, 01:20 AM #25
I used Resolve on 11th April
It turned the water milky (not as bad as CBA)
The blanket weed is gone , it stayed milky for about 2 weeks and is still slightly cloudy (was crystal clear before)
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28-05-2017, 02:53 AM #26
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28-05-2017, 11:31 AM #27
It really was an unpleasant experience. I still don't know where it came from, but I hope it never comes back.
19,000 litres
Nexus 320 with Dracodrum and submersible UV
Blue Eco 320
Eazy Pod on skimmer
Dura+ 10kW Heat Pump
15 koi
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28-05-2017, 04:20 PM #28
Seeing that we had overnight rain and the lawn is very wet and there is more to come over night and tomorrow i decided to remove the masses of BW using a kiddies fishing net on a stick only cost a £...
Works a treat no need for the vac at the moment.....You get what you pay for...
https://www.koiforum.uk/water-treatme...y-easypod.html
https://www.koiforum.uk/water-treatme...tom-drain.html
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28-05-2017, 09:17 PM #29
The best way I found to remove the Phormidium ... was to turn off the flow and brush all the walls and floor ...the Phormidium would all float to the top in mainly big chunks ... where like Ant I would use a large size Kids fishing net to quickly scoop about 95% of it straight into a bucket (the net having a very fine mesh only left tiny particles that the filter could easily deal with) and the next day water was crystal clear again ...
I very quickly learned NOT to scoop it out by hand ...
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07-05-2021, 07:10 AM #30
Bumping this up. Have a load of this stuff appeared in the last week or so, floats to the top and collects at skimmer, doesn’t irritate skin.
Cant work out if it’s dying blanket weed or the stuff talked about in this thread.
Any clues?
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10-05-2021, 11:10 AM #31
Aaahh, That's what it is? (Phormidium) Never heard of it until today.
Bloody awful stuff though especially to remove by hand
I have noticed a build up in the bottom tray and outlet weir of my bakki and also its started building up my skimmer inlet.
So, If I up the O2 and increase the movement of water does it just die off and end up in the filter or will I need to dissemble my bakki and clean all the media? upEZ-pond 1200i Semi-Raised Pond, Spin-drifter BD, Oase Aquaskim, Oase Proficlear Compact Gravity, 1x Bermuda 10,000, 1x Evo-Aqua 20,000 Vari Wi-fi Pumps, 2x Evo-Aqua 70L Air Pumps , Evo-Aqua 55w UV, Aqua-Sieve Midi, 3 Tier Fabricated Stainless Shower, Hydro-Pro Z7 Heat Pump, 48" Big Blue De-chlorinator, Profi Auto Feeder & Seneye Pond Pack.
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10-05-2021, 11:15 AM #32
I had loads of this floating on the surface and blocking the multibay up last spring. Minging stuff like. Did a 50% water change pond Vac and gutted all the multibay out. Horrid
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10-05-2021, 12:14 PM #33
Hmmmmmm I may have this starting to appear not had it before only blanket weed, clean it up in the nexus and skimmer with a stiff brush, hopefully can keep it at just that, nothing in the drum yet <touch wood>
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10-05-2021, 12:28 PM #34
Same here, drum and sieve still look ok at the moment, but I've been scraping off the Bakki weir for a couple of weeks now.
Wondering if its had anything to do with having the covers on so long (ie. not enough direct sunlight?)
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10-05-2021, 01:47 PM #35
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10-05-2021, 02:15 PM #36
I know mate I was thinking of putting a sail shade up myself.
Although, maybe the dreaded blanket weed is The Lesser Of Two (W)Evils ?
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10-05-2021, 03:17 PM #37
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10-05-2021, 06:12 PM #38
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14-05-2021, 02:50 PM #39EZ-pond 1200i Semi-Raised Pond, Spin-drifter BD, Oase Aquaskim, Oase Proficlear Compact Gravity, 1x Bermuda 10,000, 1x Evo-Aqua 20,000 Vari Wi-fi Pumps, 2x Evo-Aqua 70L Air Pumps , Evo-Aqua 55w UV, Aqua-Sieve Midi, 3 Tier Fabricated Stainless Shower, Hydro-Pro Z7 Heat Pump, 48" Big Blue De-chlorinator, Profi Auto Feeder & Seneye Pond Pack.
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14-05-2021, 08:20 PM #40
You won’t get an answer from Trace, she hasn’t been on for a very long time.
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