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LFish
Joined: 26 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 11:55 am Post subject: Cornmeal to control algae in pond |
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| I have heard that cornmeal will help control algae growth in pond's, I know it is made for human's to eat. I have fish in the pond does anyone know if the cornmeal will hurt the fish? |
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Soils Alive
Joined: 25 Apr 2003
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Location: Dallas,TX
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 7:34 am Post subject: Corn Meal |
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We use corn meal to treat several large lakes for clients and have never had a fish kill. We use it at 150 lbs per surface acrea and it works within 10 days to clear up the filimentatious algea. It normally requires 4-6 treatments a year to keep a pond clear.
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LFish
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:03 am Post subject: Cornmeal to control algae in pound |
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Michael, Thank you very much for the excellent information. I will get it going.
Cheer's
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Kathe Kitchens
Joined: 21 May 2003
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Location: Dallas,TX
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Caution! Michael is dead on about the cornmeal but you have to be careful and not apply it too thickly or you will cause oxygen deprevation in the water from the dead plants and kill your fish. My sister uses it to control algae in her farm's tanks and it works beautifully but they overdid it in one tank and had a fish kill. Be careful but use it, it's way better than any alternatives. |
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LFish
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank You Kathe. Nice to know. |
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