The copper sulfate is certified organic, so it can be used used in organic food production. When added to the pond it acts like an algeacide. It is also commonly used in farming as a fungicide. I hope you enjoy the video.

an air pump, solar powered, is a much more effective way to control the algae and moss. I have a lake that covers 8 acres and is quiet deep. I use 3 such pumps and have not had any algae grow at all, in 3 years

Here in the UK we use large bales of Barley straw in the early Spring and this helps to prevent algae

The problem is not the algae. Algae is the symptom or outcome of high nutrient load. You feed ducks and fish and they poop. There is no plant life to absorb and use all of that nutrient. In addition, you feed your lawn which invariably will run off into the water. In the absence of fresh clean water being added by an active stream or heavy rain, the heavy nutrient load will overwhelm the system and cause oxygen to be depleted. Cooper sulfate has its uses but never in an aquatic system because copper is lethal to the beneficial biological life that should help break down all that nutrient into safer components (which still need to be dealt with with biological microscopic life and lots and lots of aquatic plants. See if you can rig up a device that floats which has some kind of air-driven propeller that spins in the wind (a cup anemometer). There should be some kind of “oars” that spin at the surface of the water. At least this is one way of keeping the surface of the water moving and getting water surface oxygen to dissolve in the water. Keep all water moving clockwise or counter clockwise to create a current. All in the same direction.

Hope it gets like you want your pond to be! That pond footage at the end was the best! Thanks for sharing!

My neighbor cleaned all the growth around his pond and then added river rock around the banks. He then added 2 solar fountains that float to keep the water churning. He has used hay in the past but it seemed he still had the problem a month later. This seemed to do the trick. I think your pond is looking great!

Good luck with your problem Evan, hope you’re able to come up with the right answers. Down here in Texas I see lots of arreators being used and they are doing the job ? Thanks for sharing with us and keep up the good work and videos. Fred.

Great video! It's a constant battle trying to keep that algae away!

i have a lake about 1 mile long by half mile wide i use a floating boom to collect the algae, we drag it behind two boats to collect it up and remove and burn it... i also have 4 floating solar powered fountains, besides a mains power fountain close to the house for show, we hardly have any problem with algae now you just need to aerate the water...

Barley bales or barley pellets are what you need to use. Just place whole bales in the pond, they will eventually sink and they release a chemical that prevents algae growth, the pellets are usually available at farm supply stores and tend to work a bit faster but the bales last longer. i have used these in my koi pond for years with great results.

If nothing else, your pond looks way better!! Love the blue!! Another channel scrapped it out and got rid of it in Oaklahoma.

The pond looks great man. You did a great job with it. I think what you’re doing is you’re going in the right direction with it

Awesome viewing cheers thanks for the update

That was interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.🦈

Good try Evan! Beautiful property. You have a lot to be proud of.! Cheers

Really interested, would love to see more videos like this

I love your videos!!! I will probably be close by in a couple of weeks I will be camping at casey!!! Keep up the great work and videos!

The drone shots of your property are gorgeous.

Pond looks beautiful

In UK we use barley straw to help control algae in ponds. Not instant but slowly as it decomposes.

If you skim the moss around the edge's and compost it you will have garden gold!

So I've read that you can take a bale of Barley straw to help control algae. May be an alternative to any chemicals once you have the algae in check.

As I don’t know anything about a pond,I will just say ,I know you will work it all out, so it won’t interfere with Rebecca’s fishing. Let us know what is going on with your garden and Apple tree’s. Hope you are getting rain by now.God bless and take care.

Thanks for sharing Evan

We went with a no-chemical strategy of dye and bacteria to eat up the stuff that the algea feeds on. Works great (bacteria packats for our 1.5 acre pond was a bit spendy but I think worth it) - will be investing in aeration in a couple years.

If I am correct and you have a small stream that feeds the lake, pore it in at the upper end. The current will mix it fast and carry it down into the lake. It may even last longer and do a better job.

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I use both products, though I'd like to get some kind of solar aeration system so I don't need the copper sulfate (which I rarely use as it is). There are pond dye packets that I prefer over the liquid. I just chuck a couple packs out near the center of my pond each month--no mess.

Collect the miss and use it for composting it will give you amazing results in your garden and in your pasture if you spread it after drying!

We have a 27-acre pond at our club with the same problem and grass carp did the trick for us.

you can use the copper for blight on potatoes and tomatoes. We use this in Ireland. We call it blue stone and it's organic

I put 4 grass carp in my pond and it has been working great for the past few years.

I don't know what I'm the most jealous up in this video, the rain or the pond 😂😂

Thanks I been curious about how to take care of a pond, I think it turned out great with very minimal expense. They should come up with an adjustable overflow so you skim the top of the water 🤔

It looks a heck of a lot better.... will be an ongoing battle...great drone footage.

We had the same problem in our pond and we tried everything the only way we got it to stay clear was we added small floating solar fountains I bought them off eBay and they weren’t to expensive I got a couple that have colored lights that come on at night real pretty

Aeration and grass carp!!

Movement of the water with the aid of a pump helps to keep algae under control as in fish tanks, it also keeps it oxygenated. Hope you get it under control one way or another.

Yes areation is going to the expensive route but I think it is probably the best long term option. You won't be spending days trying to irradicate a bloom. It may be worth it saving your own time. Maybe there are dome DIY versions that won't be so expensive.

I had brought up aeration when he wanted to keep pond open for his ducks a few years ago. So of it is run off from farm fields and the fertilizer they use

Fix the stagnant water issue with getting a fountain and pump to help circulate the water. If you design it right you can make it so you could move it around the lake. It might also be possible to get one that is solar powered using the energy from the sun and they generally work even on cloudy days.

park like setting. Very nice

I agree with a lot of the other comments... a fountain would be both functional and aesthetically pleasing... A windmill based pump setup would actually look nice on the homestead and cheap on the electric bill. Old/used windmills (mini ones) are pretty easy to find and hooking it up to an old dirty water pump would get you started.

Add reeds, lillys and other aquatic plants those will consume the nutrients in the pond and reduce algae growth.

I sure learned a lot from this video and your efforts to clean it up, I think it looks fabulous. I just wanted to ask you if there was some sort of solar aeration you could use for the pond, i have seen it advertised for fountains but i might of got it wrong. Thanks for taking us along, it makes me want to get my fishing rod out and come for a visit.

In the UK we use barley straw to keep our ponds clear i would think 5 bales should do it remember to stake them with a long tether to the bank , your problem will go away

If you have a small outboard motor, put it on your boat and drive it around a few times a week, I betcha that would help to stir up the water ! Great video, thumbs up.

Note: it must be barley straw not oat, wheat or rye. Place the bales in the water in early spring ideally where the water enters the pond. A few grass carp will also help as will water aeration. it does not have to be a fountain style you could use aeration stones (Soap stones?) sunk on the bottom attached to a plastic pipe fed from a compressor.

If you ever have problems with low oxygen/low water in that pond, you may just ask the local fire department if they want to train at your pond. We had this last year with the local fishing club. The summer was really hot, so they had really low water and low oxygen, so one engine dumped a few thousend liters of water in the pond and the other engine cycled the water so that oxygen could get into the pond. Was a really good training! Our engines are small compared to US engines and a lot of german engines too (engine 1 fits 750L of water, engine 2 isn't even an engine anymore, but a vehicle that transports a lot of stuff for rescuing animals but it has pump at the front as it once was an engine), so engine 1 had to go back and forth, wich you also have to do with wildfires, and with engine two we could build some monitors etc. I live in germany, though, so your fire department may not be allowed to do this due to legal reasons...

My brother got me watching your channel, I really like the content. I do watch the Arms family also and they had an algey problem also. They used tilapia, and they are also a good food source for the bass. You may want to look into it.

Reducing light is a good first step but the solution is that you need plants that will outcompete the algae for nutrients. Also you need some surface agitation so that there is a gas exchange and the water becomes oxygenated.

Suggestion: you need a water fountain w/pump circulate the stagnant water. You might want put some catfish in pond. Love your video

We used to use a product called Aqua shade, worked really well, think we got it at lavallee hardware store, but can probably find it on line

Nice work Buddy keep on top of that Iv seen algae take a whole pond out killed ever fish

My in-laws aerate their pond. They also have carp in it too. Seems to help a lot.

after watching your whole video i see you do have trees around most of your pond! it looks great after what you did and from the rain< maybe next time mixing some black dye with the blue dye will work better

HI we use barley straw here in the uk for getting rid of algae seems to work in trout ponds....worth a try.

Install a flow pipe about two inches above the normal water level. Then with a piece of one eighth sheet steel raise your normal overflow about six inches , that stuff will flush out the first big rain you have. I. Tried copper sulfate and many other things. This worked like a charm and in ten years I have had no more problem.

Try aeration of the deep section and in the shallow section for circulation and air into the water which should help with turn over also.

You have to circulate the water. Solar fountains. Try to avoid Algecide. Also watch out for field fertilizer run off. Copper sulfide is an algecide. Do you have an extension service officer in your area. They are usually a great resource.

wide overflow helped me for algae

The pond dye worked for us. Didn't kill any fish. Lasted a few weeks. Had a good bit of rain. Added to where the spring-fed creek enters the pond and it covered the whole thing within a day. Someone told me its considered a lake it fed by a water source. SO I like to say we have a private lake on our property. haha. About 3.5 acres, and roughly the same shape as yours, but not quite as long.

If you put a bale or two of barley straw in the pond in early spring, it has a natural algae inhibitor.

Good video. Nice Star Wars shirt

I have the same Star Wars shirt, same color even. I actually have the whole set...Target wasn’t it? Great video

Really nice aerial view of property. Evan Excellent effort. Even the rain look great on the lake. How long will the blue last?

Add some grass carp to your lake. These fish will keep algae under control. We tried everything and nothing worked until “grass carp”

Can you speak to the process of building either a log cabin home, or just home kit to include a round about cost, and contracting prices. As well as any DIY projects to cut costs for someone interested in starting a homestead.

My dad used to use lime and it worked great.

If you install solar aerators in 2-3 places, your pond and fish will get plenty oxygen and water movement. You’ll get almost no algae buildup.

Look into trying to collect the algae and feed to the livestock. I believe it adds additional nourishment. May reduce feed cost?

Arms family homestead, farm goats, cow, chickens, etc. have a pond your size, had algae problems too. Stocked tilapia in pond to eat the algae, and die during winter so they won't overpopulate the pond, but late summer, they get big enough to eat, so you get food out of it too.

Y'all should build a skimmer and pump it to a modified manure spreader that can let the water leech out to return to the pond and you can compost the solids left behind. Or, our BIOX unit at work has what they call an SDF... Sludge Dewatering Facility... Basically we squeeze the solids out of the water/ sludge... it's excellent compost. Or, get an Aeration Windmill or a fountain that circulates back to the pond... LOL Had to laugh... You have that dye all up your arm

I've treated several ponds. It's expensive and you have to be very careful or you will kill the pond. You have to do it in stages.

Our lakes have this issue and its so hard to fish it nowadays. Hope they have a solution for it

Where is the nitrogen excess coming from? Usually it is from fertilizer or manure. Are you fertilizing your lawn / hayfield? Does the goat and chicken pens runoff drain into the pond?

You can buy windmills that pump air through a lind into your pond that are quite cheap

You need solar floating fountains. Two wonderful effects. No mosquitos and little algy if any.

That algae is the start of the food chain that feeds the fish and also provides cover for the small fish from predators. One youtuber harvests the moss and algae and uses it as livestock feed.

If aeration of the pond is too expensive, maybe hooking a strong water pump to a large sprinkler would imitate the effect of rain. Hang the intake hose on a float so that it takes in water above the bottom of your pond. I think the cost would be less than the aeration installation you mentioned. I hope that way you could avoid using chemicals and colors that have an effect on more than just the algae and water plants.

This was going to be my original post before watching to the end. "If you haven't already, look into pond aeration. When I get my retirement property (with a pond) I'm going to use a windmill as a pump. I love windmill. They also make solar pumps." I should have known that you already looked into aeration. Love you channel.

You might contact your county extension agent if you havent already. If they cant help they may be able to direct you a person that can.

I'm ready for a garden tour!

If you do it in 3rds, the fish will move away from the treaded area. Also they make a liquid that you can use. Where I live they use a boat with a spray boom to apply. Check around they may be a company in you area that may be able to help. If you check with your ag department that has a list of organic products. You can try a water fountain to keep the water mixed upped.

Thanks 😊

Suggestion: The real problem is that your pond is stagnating and water isn’t moving and you realize and already explained that. Striking the right balance of chemicals in an active pond is not an easy task and you run the risk of damaging the natural Eco bio-system of the pond and using dyes just masks the real problem that needs to be fixed. Suggest you look into Aeration Systems and invest in a Windmill driven Aeration System to reduce the Algae, with the size of your pond you may need to invest in multiple aeration heads but they run off a single windmill.

I love your videos! I am learning so much and having so much fun at the same time! You and some others farmers got me to get a baling business in central Iowa and I am baling 11,000 this fall with old equipment! Mind you I am only 12 year old. I don’t know if this is a thing but take like a big sweep or broom and just get it to one side and then did it out? Also, will the stuff you are using dissolve the moss or haha kill it?

The question is how clear is the water in the pond ? If it’s pretty clear it allows the sun to reach the bottom and that starts the moss and water plants to grow . Several years ago our deer camp wanted to rebuild an old stock pond that has a damaged levy . We wrote the University of Alabama about what to do to have a catfish producing pond . They said we would have to fertilize the pond to get the plankton to grow . The plankton darkens the water and stops the sunlight from reaching the bottom . They said a white paper plate should disappear ant 14in deep if the plankton is right . We just used a couple hundred pounds of commercial fertilizer at the beginning to start the plankton before we stocked the pond . It worked but cow manure will work also if you have it . They said that we could harvest about 300 pounds of catfish a year on an acer of water 4 ft deep if we fed them . Our pond was about 2-1/2 to 3 acres in size . I sure hope this will help you with your problem . You can still probably call the University of Alabama or write them and they might can help you .

Looks like you have a high nitrogen run off up stream, or could just be years of organic material settling in the shallow end, not sure if there is a safe way to counter act that.

Years ago I had a KOI pond and used barley straw to control the algae - it was hard to find and they charged "an arm and leg" for a small bundle - maybe a pound. If I was doing it today, I think I would grow some barley. You've got the equipment - give it a try. A dozen bales dropped around the dam and the shallow area would probably do it. You have a great homestead and I enjoy your videos.

I had a algae problem on my pond and tried the dyes and copper sulfate and it was an ongoing battle until finally I built a pond aeration system. Not trying to plug my videos but I have a video series of it on my channel if it might be of help to you. My system cost me $590 to build, but my pond is smaller than yours. If you can't run power to your pond then solar is another option to run the aerator pump.

Have this on my pond .I think it is due to the hot weather.had a big fish kill last year

Maybe the info on Stoney Ridge Farmer---Fish release in our bass pond---may help you with the algae.

i have heard that barley hay works (as randy j said) , might also get some "grass carp " they will eat the moss just may take a while , think a multi approch , a sprinkler , grass carp , barley ,and the copper sulfate in the worst spots, never used the blue dye so dont know how it works

So we had a large pond growing up (not sure exactly how big, similar in size to yours though). We handled the algae in a different kind of way. One thing is we had a lot of aquatic plants, not sure if that helped, but my mother would put a yard sprinkler on this wooden float we had and would water the pond. It was that back and forth type of sprinkler, not sure what its called, but it seemed to work. I remember some algae, but nothing like you have. Maybe you can try that?

I would get a inexpensive trolling motor for that boat and run a few laps every few days.

What's the water source for your pond? Runoff? Spring?...

You can add oxygenating plants, and another youtuber "arms family Homestead" has a large pond like yours and added moss eating fish, I am in the UK and had not heard of them so I can't remember what they are called

Water movement would help.....what's the water source??? Where is the drain?? What kind of aquatic life you have??...crayfish, minnows??...we used to have a farmer near by that had barley, we would get a few bails and drive spikes or those metal t-posts in them and hold them in place.....your pond might need 5 to 7 bails....it's something to do with the enzymes in the barley that help keep algae from getting out of hand....and it's a nice hiding spot for the young fish as well.... but water flow / movement would help a lot as well!