Hi,
I am new to this and we just put in a landscape pond. It is a 90 gallon, 18 inch deep pond and rock garden. We have Orandas in and we added new live plants last night. Now this morning there is a white foam on top of the water. It does not appear to be bothering the fish but we are not sure what is causing it. Could our pump be too powerful and we have too much oxygen? It has been hot here and the temps have been in the high 80's and will be in the 90's today and tomorrow. Hope somecan can advise. Thans in advance!
Hey Lullabyak,
I would suspect that when you added the new aquatic plants to your pond you also added some organics to the pond that stimulated the white foam. I would even guess that the white foam has all be disapated by now since you posted a couple of days ago.
Aquatic plants often times are fertilized heavily to get them available to sell to the public as quick as possible. It isn't uncommon for smaller ponds to experience algae blooms after the addition of commercially raised aquatic plants.
On mature ponds after HEAVY rains we have seen this foamy phenomenon and we have come to find out the white foam is from excess protiens in the water.
In both cases the situation is usually temorary and harmless to the fish population. You can never have to much oxygen in a pond especially when your temperatures are above 90 degrees.
I hope this helps and your white foam has already disappeared. We will look forward to your update.
Thank you for the response. I believe your answer was right on as we cleaned the pond yesterday and removed several rotting plants and replaced approximately 60-40% of the water. No more foam. We had a hard rain last night and still no foam, so I would imagine the plants were the cause. We now have cloudy water and used a product called Aquaclear but so far no change in water. My father had an acre pond and used a product called Aquashade? We did check our ph level and it was at 7.4 which according to our info was right on for the fish. I imagine we will keep checking and things will work out. Thanks again!
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I wouldn't reccommend using AquaShade on a small water feature or pond. That is a product that dyes the water to inhibit algae growth. That kind of water treatment is primarily used on large bodies of water that have huge surface areas to help control algae. We can help you control algae in your pond without that technique.
Depending on your filter, I would say that Aquaclearer is not the best beneficial pond bacteria for your pond scenerio. It is an organic based beneficial pond bacteria and is better suited for larger pond ecosystems.
Tell us about your filters on your pond. I am sure your pond would be better off and balance much quicker with a completely dissolvable powdered formulation of pond bacteria. I'm not talking Liquid Pond Bacteria which I am a big fan of, but a powdered bacteria that is also loaded with powerful enzymes to breakdown muck and pond scum, ultimately keeping your water quality pristine.
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