How to REMOVE ALGAE from a pond | Temecula Pond Maintenance

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Links to Products Below: Do you have green pond water that looks like PEA SOUP? We have the solution. If you are local to us, mention this video and tell us you have a pond worthy of the GREEN WATER CHALLENGE. We have a special offer for you and WHEN WE CLEAR YOUR POND, we will feature it on our KZfaq Channel.
This is a followup video to a pond that suffered from NEW POND SYNDROME and in the linked video at the end you get to see just how aweful it was.
Join us for a few minutes as we give you tips, do's and don'ts..
Here is a link to the products we used in the video :).....
Beneficial Bacteria amzn.to/47LoaEp
Diatom Treatment amzn.to/4bkAL4z
Here's instructions for use.....
For a full sun exposure such as this pond has, you want to use a photosynthetic bacteria, which is why I recommend this Beneficial bacteria. amzn.to/42descD
The more sun, the better it works. It especially works well on ponds that have a lot of surface area like an ecosystem pond - as well as concrete ponds. A little bit goes a very long way!
Dose your pond 3x the recommended dose every 3 days until water starts to clear, then maintain dosage a normal rates weekly throughout the pond season where your pond water temperature is above 58 degrees.
During the winter months, switch to a winter blend of your choice and as the spring comes, begin to treat again with this formula. amzn.to/47KnD5p
All the best to you and your pond!
Again, I'm easily reached at the toll free number during regular business hours in California.
-Carl
Do you have a problem pond and you aren't local? Call me at 888-713-7771 and mention this video and we can tailor a program to help you take control and start living the pond life!
www.ColumbiaWaterGardens.com
#pondhelp #koipond #pondmaintenance

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@Stewie773 4 жыл бұрын

Did you just explained how to clear a green water? Because that’s what the subject says but I swear I rewinded 3 times and I couldn’t hear the solution. 😅

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 4 жыл бұрын

no fertilizer innpotted plants, beneficial bacteria, enzymes

@alsohari 4 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens where can I order these beneficial bacteria and enzymes?

@fishcollection1285 4 жыл бұрын

People can learn more about fish keeping and how to deal with some of the issues that come with it way better on your channel than some of the more popular ones out there. Thanks for the content

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

@barnbersonol 4 ай бұрын

In Britain the cold climate means that one feeble bubble line will easily keep the water oxygenated can even be turned off end of Oct.

@golfprocrastinator9519 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely pond. Cheers for the tips

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was just talking with a client last night from Lake Elsinore California who has a nice formal pond that is green as pea soup! We're going to fix that ;)

@rivercrest-watergardens 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome project with an amazing turnaround!

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Did you see the linked video??? That pond was GREEN!!!!!

@rivercrest-watergardens 5 жыл бұрын

Columbia Water Gardens - absolutely! I saw it when you first released it.

@bradparker649 5 жыл бұрын

Great point about over feeding your fish

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@dadina_zote 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I try to be authentic and have fun. :)

@MrDraper38 2 жыл бұрын

Great vidoes as usual

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@jimthao2296 4 жыл бұрын

I just subscribed to your channel. I saw the first video prior to this follow up vid. Are you in California? My dad and I need help with the algae problem with his koi pond. It's like no matter what products and methods we've tried, the algae issue stays the same. We've pretty much given up almost. Any advice would be very much appreciated! I like your positive energy and enthusiasm. My dad's pond was build only last September 2019 so it hasn't been a year yet but the algae is always a problem.

@jimthao2296 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Carl, do you have a work email or work number I can send you pics of my dad's koi pond, it's not a big one, maybe 700 gallons or so.....he would like to increase the pond size too at some point this year....I live in Fresno, CA.

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 4 жыл бұрын

888-713-7771x4 rings my cell

@rosabenson4094 11 ай бұрын

how will you otherwise clean it out, without chemicals? I have my velvet layer, but had to add salt to calm some new comers. Now my velvet layer is coming loose and it is a extreme process to clean my sand filter everyday to get rid of the algae.

@dorel9647 3 жыл бұрын

I got a pond that has a sand filter its quite large , approximately 10x22x3 it has no plants in the water, every time I run the water through the filter it looses a significant amount of water, I suspect the water fall , the pipes are not brocken I pressure test them, and yes the water is green. I live in the western part of Washington state . Can you please give me some suggestions on what to do?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 3 жыл бұрын

Please call my friend Mark Harp at The Pond Store just south of Seattle.

@afolcaptainobvious5935 3 жыл бұрын

I have a pond green challenge pond 15years old size about 1.5 large swimming pools

@mybackyardtrailcams1215 4 жыл бұрын

Hello... have a question for you will I be able to use my pool test kit to accomplish the same task on my pond? thank you in advance.

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 4 жыл бұрын

great question. we recommend against test strips and using pool equipment. if you cant get the ADI kit locally, buy one us online at columbia water gardens

@mybackyardtrailcams1215 4 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens thank you sir will take your advice👍

@alex_oren 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Carl!

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@elpapaupa838 3 жыл бұрын

Hi i have a question if you can answer i do appreciate it what kind of air pump can i use for my pond that has 1,200 gallons of water any picture to show thank you

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 3 жыл бұрын

Are you in the United States?

@elpapaupa838 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@elpapaupa838 3 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens yes i am

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 3 жыл бұрын

www.columbiawatergardens.com/product/aquascape-61000-pond-aerator-pro-for-pond-and-water-features

@elpapaupa838 3 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens thank you very much i will subscribe love your work

@nathansmith919 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I buy the stuff you used and what did you use

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Aquscape beneficial bacteria for lakes and SAB.

@annchovey2089 Жыл бұрын

What if you have a pond but don’t keep fish and don’t have a pump that keeps the water circulating.

@ColumbiaWaterGardens Жыл бұрын

Then the water is stagnant? I'd suggest installing an aerator to keep some movement and put mosquito fish in to control mosquitoes. Plant it with water hyacinth, water lettuce, and iris. Shade it as best as you can and use a quality beneficial bacteria that contains barley.

@high_fructose_corn_syrup 2 жыл бұрын

Hellllp lol my uv light killed the green pea algae in my new pond. I didnt have fish in it at the time, water parameters were finally perfect so I added my fish. All the dead algae was resting on the bottom and sides of my liner. The koi from swimming around stirred it all up! Didnt realize it was going to be this big of a problem otherwise I would have vacuumed it first. Now its too late to do that. How do i remove it faster? I've washed my filter media 2x today and it just keeps clogging, i know if i keep cleaning the filter pads it will eventually clear but theres gotta be a more efficient way, right? Any advice would mean soooo much to me. Ty

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly aside from a vacuum I'd stir it up and let the filters pull it out if you're looking for a quick fix. If you have a skimmer you can put some pillow batting into the leaf trap and clean it daily as well. If you were my client, I'd do a drain, rinse, refill and get it all out manually.

@high_fructose_corn_syrup 2 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens i thought about draining the whole thing but my pond water literally just got to the right conditions. It was months of waiting and i even used ammonium chloride to feed the pond over n over and over again for the good bacteria to feed off of, otherwise i would drain it. I actually did add poly in the skimmer as well. Do you know how long it will take to clear up? I JUST added my koi today and now we cant even see them. (Video of me doing it is on my KZfaq) im pretty bummed. Will all the excess gunk make it hard for them to breathe? And thank you so much for taking the time to reply to me!!!!!! Definitely gonna sub! 🥰

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Here's the thing.... a thin layer, an inch or less, will get stirred up by the fish and mechanically removed. A thicker layer may just take a little more work. Is your pond rock or bare liner?

@high_fructose_corn_syrup 2 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens hi, and ty again for the reply. You're very kind to take time to help me. The layer was less than 1/8 of an inch. It was basically just enough to cover the whole liner, sides and all. Its a dedicated koi pond so its bare liner. So i should wipe all the sides to dislodge it all from the sides and just keep cleaning/swapping the poly batting?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Great question. DO NOT WIPE it down. You will destroy the bacteria colony that is growing there. Leave it alone and it will grow into a nice velvety blanket of algae. This is your ecosystem starting up. Disturbing it will set you back to ground zero. The fish will do all the work.... feed them less frequently and they will do the majority of the cleaning. This is an EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! I'll shoot one this week and mention you. 😎👍 It's late, headed to bed. You can do this! Good luck :) -Carl

@TobiasHolenstein 2 жыл бұрын

Do you also use UV?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, Phil? Where are thou? ;)

@nicholedaughterofgod7931 3 жыл бұрын

He said so. Cal,

@lilykao9137 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, do you work at Arcadia , CA area?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

It depends. Please call me at 888-713-7771 during the week. :)

@nathansmith919 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to feed the plants if so what do you use?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Fish poo usually feeds the plants. Sometimes you may need to supplement with plant tabs, but generally no. Check out my recent videos on cleaning a wetland filter and how to plant a wetland. Neither of those ponds have fertilizer anywhere. Please consider sharing this video. 🙏

@nathansmith919 2 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens I have 8 gold fish in a 100gallon pond is that good

@nathansmith919 2 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens what plant should I get to reduce the algae because my pond is in the sun almost all day

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

Seems a little crowded once they mature to size at 6-9 inches. Is your pond in direct sunlight, is it preformed plastic, and what kind of a filter do you have? Please send pictures to carl@columbiawatergardens.com

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

I would recommend water hyacinth and water lettuce. They are both very hungry for nitrate. Nitrate feeds algae.

@kayascroggins5512 5 жыл бұрын

This is my grandma's house 😃

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 5 жыл бұрын

Your grandma is awesome. We love her.

@christinedenise7844 4 жыл бұрын

Cool!!!!!

@mba2ceo 5 жыл бұрын

KOI will eat algae ?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, among other biotopes. They can't clean a pond of algae, but they do eat it. :)

@paulettedillon5297 3 жыл бұрын

Never saw their reason for it cleaning either.

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand

@cbwaterfeatures 5 жыл бұрын

Woah, woah, woah!!!!! You're driving too fast!!!!!

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 5 жыл бұрын

Time warp on the go pro 7..... lol. :) Mark MJ Wilson was my film guy. Look for him in cameo shots and check out Any Pond Limited on youtube. :)

@cbwaterfeatures 5 жыл бұрын

@@ColumbiaWaterGardens Fantastic. He's quite far from home then! A lot less rain in California compared to the UK.

@ThePondAdvisor 5 жыл бұрын

@@cbwaterfeatures yes less rain and very hot, but still enjoyed travelling around

@IndianaJoeChannel Жыл бұрын

Man u said in both this and the previous video u wud show us how u did it u said benie bacteria and then u never showed us nothing so which one did u use for goodness sake mannnn?!??!?

@ColumbiaWaterGardens Жыл бұрын

Good evening John, Thanks for your comment :) I have replied to this question several times in the comments section of this video and and empty-minded as I am, it just occurred to me to leave the links in the description as well. I added the link to the description of both videos and I'm adding those links to this comment and the other one that you left. I'm very sorry I forgot to add those links, it's an oversight. If you have questions for your own pond, please call me at 888-713-7771x4 and I'll be glad to help you customize something that may work better for your pond. In a full sun exposure such as this pond has, you want to use a photosynthetic bacteria, which is why i recommend the Aquascape bacteria. The more sun, the better it works. It especially works well on ponds that have a lot of surface area like an ecosystem pond - as well as concrete ponds. A little bit goes a very long way! Dose your pond 3x the recommended dose every 3 days until water starts to clear, then maintain dosage a normal rates weekly throughout the pond season where your pond water temperature is above 58 degrees. During the winter months, switch to a winter blend of your choice and as the spring comes, begin to treat again with this formula. All the best to you and your pond! Again, I'm easily reached at the toll free number during regular business hours in California. -Carl

@jasonramasamy9602 2 жыл бұрын

Erm a lot of talking and not showing what you did? Not a lot of use!

@ColumbiaWaterGardens 2 жыл бұрын

I used a photosynthetic lake bacteria like Aquascape pro blend and dosed it 3x the recommended dosage every 3rd day until clear, then 1x a week as routine maintenance. Thanks for the kind comment. Have a nice day. 👍