View Full Version : Garden pond plants, is this beneficial for my pond?
Want Them All
10-29-2010, 06:55 PM
The little ones that are spreading like wildfire, when I scoop them up, their roots are like string algae. I have only 1 fish.
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sunfish
10-29-2010, 07:20 PM
Nice pond
Want Them All
10-29-2010, 07:52 PM
Nice pond
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Angelstar
10-31-2010, 08:44 AM
I had a large 4ft deep Koi pond and this weed came in on some new pond plants I had bought and it is as invasive as canadian duck weed and equally useless. It also get's so thick that it cuts out light in the pond and once it takes over it is very difficult to ever get rid of. I took all the plants out and washed them off, then netted as much of the weed off as I could
saltydad
10-31-2010, 05:46 PM
It's called azolla, or water fern, and can indeed be quite invasive. It does help control algae via nutrient uptake and shading.
sandy0225
11-05-2010, 07:21 AM
it's good for your pond, but bad if you like to see your fish. I have people who come to the greenhouse in the spring and want it because it shades out the algae.
musaboru
11-05-2010, 08:53 AM
Some fish will eat them some won't. I can never keep it growing since my water gets too hot for it and my fish eat it at the same time.
But it's good since it "filters" the water and can remove some of the nitrates in the water...(good thing for fish).
TommyMacLuckie
12-03-2010, 11:11 AM
Put some crawfish in there! They'll take care of 'em for ya!
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