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A buddy of mine has a pond that he built 8-10 years back. Its about 60acres with average depth of about 6 feet, but also has about a 2-3acre 20 foot deep hole in it. That yellow slime moss has absolutely taken it over! A man cant even put a hook in the water of any kind and keep free from it. There are some nice fish in it, but havent been fishable in the last 2 years. Any suggestions of what needs to be done to rid this problem?
Maybe one of the biologist can help. Water clear or muddy ? Lots of run off with high nutrient load ?
I have two ponds that are covered with pollen. It usually goes away during the summer. If it is truly vegetation, try some amurs. 2 or 3 should do it. DP
Give me a holler TOMORROW and I will talk to you about it. My wife says that I have been working too much at home. I need to get some more background info from you. Thanks. Matt
501-412-0356.
Thankyou guys for your inputs! Water is clear, and not alot of run-off. But is surrounded by woods. There are also some weeds in it like coon tail, but that is not the problem. Any and all structure that is in the pond has about a 6-10 foot radious around it of yellow appearing slime (while its in the water) and when out of the water is like fine yellow hairs. and by the end of summer the entire pond will be matted up of it 2-3 inches thick on top of water that floats around and a hook wont penetrate through it. He does have a well that he sometime pumps into it when heat of the summer starts evaporating some water and for aeration. I will call you tomorrow Mr. Matt. Thankyou.
There are several herbicides that are used in the aquaculture insustry that won't harm the fish, but can cause other issues like dissolved oxygen, and/or loss of phytoplankton, loss of bottom of the food chain organisms...
Matt should be able to help more than I, but I thought I would offer another avenue if he didn't mention those.
As a side note: well water typically has zero oxygen in it.
Also, check with your county agent. Fish farmers(especially minnow) add copper sulphate to get rid of moss.
White Amur are a start. However copper sulfate works wonders but you gotta be careful not to kill too much moss at one time. There are several other products that work very well but caution is advised and if you kill too much moss at once, you will deplete Oxygen and kill your fish. Also, Moss can be removed mechanically we used to have a steel frame with pool noodle floats and hardware cloth to a depth of 8 inches. drag is across the pond with a tractor and amazing how much moss you can drag off in an afternoon (The moss is great compost)
CuSO4 (copper sulfate) is highly toxic depending on the alkalinity of your water.
That's why I said check with your county agent. Minnow farmers use it regularly.
Nathan Stone at UAPB in Pine Bluff could probably help out also.
Dr. Nathan Stone (870) 575-8138
Why dont you use some local loggerheads in area i hear theres quite a few!!
The first step is to identify what you are trying to get rid of. Copper sulfate will kill algae and fish if your not careful. If is is aquatic vegitation, a herbicide will take care of it. Different vegetation requires certain herbicides. Grass carp are also an option in some situations. If you have an established bass population, you will need to stock larger grass carp (8-10 inches). Give me a call today and I will talk you through it. Thanks.
I suggest you let Matt guide you thru this. As a last resort- double mix generic Round up in 5 gallon bucket - add 2 bars of Ivory soap let dissolve over night mix well. Spray area well . Soap makes the round-up float. Old timey red- neck solution. Again let Matt help.
The man that raised me would use this formula to clear out duck holes that had grown up - two much.
I got him straitened out. It sounds like the small lakes were getting over run with algae. Thy will probably try grass carp (bigger than 8") at a rate of 5-10 per acre. The last resort will be copper sulfate. The lakes that they are wanting to treat have really good fish populations and they don't want to mess them up.
Thanks everyone for the help! Im gettung right on this and will let yaw know how it turns out! In a couple yrs after this problem is solved, and then managed properly, this should be a great fishery!
Tilapia! A natural option. Dr. Stone at UAPB could likely get you info on them as well. We put some in a small pond that was literally choked with vegetation and in a few weeks they had it cleaned up.