05-12-2010, 04:49 PM
The straw works a treat!
You could also look at filter feeder organisms. The zebra mussels are notorious, but there are also mysid shrimps which live midwater and do a similar job.
Mysis Relicta, and Hemimysis Anomala are the planktonic shrimps in question. I guess you need to look at where the pond drains into and avoid non native species, but Relicta is native since the ice age.
Your fish might have a food supplement from mysids too.
Zooplankton do a similar job of eating the plant plankton (algae) in a natural fashion. Daphnia, psyclops and even the big ones like scuds and sowbugs will all help clear decaying plant life. All you need is a place where they can reproduce without predation, like a covered shallow area.
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You could also look at filter feeder organisms. The zebra mussels are notorious, but there are also mysid shrimps which live midwater and do a similar job.
Mysis Relicta, and Hemimysis Anomala are the planktonic shrimps in question. I guess you need to look at where the pond drains into and avoid non native species, but Relicta is native since the ice age.
Your fish might have a food supplement from mysids too.
Zooplankton do a similar job of eating the plant plankton (algae) in a natural fashion. Daphnia, psyclops and even the big ones like scuds and sowbugs will all help clear decaying plant life. All you need is a place where they can reproduce without predation, like a covered shallow area.
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