Thread: heads up blanket weed

Originally Posted by sammy66

Hi all had the covers open today for a look in . Didn't expect what i see , blanket weed was about half way around the pond and very long , so aqua source resolve in today . Water at 12 and the weather has been cold so it was a surprise at this time of the year.

I had the same the year before last and started treating in the January right through till November! Same last year too as I was treating double doses every 10 days right up until we moved in August!

What's your Nitrate and Phosphate levels like?

i will take a cover off and have a good look, my window is clear of algae build up so i think i am safe but will have a check...

Originally Posted by koicarpus

Blanket weed is weird for me too.
Didn't have it at all for about 10 years then had it really bad, strands were like a meter long. Didn't get it for a couple of years then had it again last year took a few treatments to get rid!!

Mine would block the retro BD which meant I had to unscrew the union above the water level and then lift the retro bd, pipework and EA 20K pump up and out of the pond. Spend 30 minutes cleaning the BW of it then putting it back again. What a pain that was to do

Originally Posted by smartin

i will take a cover off and have a good look, my window is clear of algae build up so i think i am safe but will have a check...

Maybe if you are lucky your covers are stopping the UV getting to the water and as a result stopping the BW growing?

Originally Posted by sammy66

Thanks for your input, nothing has changed in the last 12 weeks as water tests go and only feeding a hand full of hikari friend 3 days a week too keep them going . I only have it at one end of the pond so didn't see it till i took the covers off .

Be interested to hear how you get on specially as the weather picks up.

First dose of Resolve went in my pond a couple of days back, after noticing a bit of BW growth.