Getting rid of algae in a stock pond?

[Playa]

Our stock pond gets covered in algae, almost to the point it's unfishable. You have cast for the holes in the algae canopy or fish something weightless you can pop on the algae surface til it plops in a whole.

I can handle the lake grasses under the algae, but the green slime drives me nuts.

Is there a way to kill algae without killing the other water vegetation?

[Tbar]

Cutrine Plus granules.....can also be found at Tractor Supply.

e-Bay Cutrine Plus Granular


Cattle watering pool before Cutrine Crystals .



After Cutrine Crystals

[rebelbow]

tilapia after the water temps come up

[sailor]

Corn Meal....50lb per acre..

[Playa]

tilapia after the water temps come up

Not sure I want to introduce another fish species

Corn Meal....50lb per acre..

Seriously?

[k-town]

YEP ! WENT TO FEED STORE AND THEY SOLD ME SOME STUFF ...
Killed all my fish SAD!!!

[npe001]

Most of the Tilapia will die off when it gets cold, so this would not be a terrible option. Plus the bass will eat the heck out of them.

[crzymike]

When I worked for a lake management company we use cutrine it works.

[catslayer]

copper sulfate... we have it in the store....

[Jmh05]

We use copper sulfate in our "swimming" tank...it's works ok but not the best and it will turn your tank artificial cloudy blue.

Is this cutrine safe for livestock?

[quarterback]

Get a couple of those algae eating carp. They will flat clean a pond up in no time. We have a 4 acre lake that was seriously covered in algae. Put a couple of the carp in and now we don't see any algae. Plus the carp weigh around 30 lbs each now so they are quite the novelty to see.

[Playa]

Get a couple of those algae eating carp. They will flat clean a pond up in no time. We have a 4 acre lake that was seriously covered in algae. Put a couple of the carp in and now we don't see any algae. Plus the carp weigh around 30 lbs each now so they are quite the novelty to see.

We had a bunch- lost some in a 20" flood a few years back, but I see about 3 every year. We have about a 5 ac pond. They don't even dent the algae

[dgattu]

Fountain works great too. Just as long as the water is continuously getting oxygen the algae won't overtake it. Use to have that problem in my pond and was told to put a fountain and have yet to have it happen again

[DRT]

Lime. Try raising your ph. It will help tremendously.

[catslayer]

Get a couple of those algae eating carp. They will flat clean a pond up in no time. We have a 4 acre lake that was seriously covered in algae. Put a couple of the carp in and now we don't see any algae. Plus the carp weigh around 30 lbs each now so they are quite the novelty to see.

If I'm not mistaken you have to get state permission for grass carp... and put up a carp fence on the spillway.

Copper sulfate around the edges is how we suggest handling it, not direct application, it will defiantly get the job done