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Pink Coloration of Pond Water
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Posted by robhuddart (My Page) on Sun, Jan 27, 08 at 11:07
| In the last week or so, my pond has developed a pinkish/brown coloration in the water. Yesterday when removing excess oxygenating plant growth, a distinctly pink cloud came up from the bottm of the pond. It seems a little less today, but is still there. Anyone got any idea what it might be ?
I have not added anything to the water myself, and doubt someone else would have thrown something over the fence (though I can't rule that out). Any ideas ? |
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RE: Pink Coloration of Pond Water
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| I wonder if it is just decaying algae. In low light levels of winter it won't be very green. |
RE: Pink Coloration of Pond Water
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| My water has gone rather murky and brown and I'm wondering if it's 'cycling' early because of the (up to now) mild winter. This usually happens in early spring but I don't do anything about it, other than adding new barley straw. My pond's 9'x8' and I don't have a pump or a filter. The murkiness eventually clears itself. Hang on in there! I seem to remember someone writing that it's a bit dodgy to start thinning out oxygenators in winter. Can anyone remember the details?
Big Kid |
RE: Pink Coloration of Pond Water
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I think the problem can be that there might be frogs hibernating at the bottom of the pond, and you might disturb them.
Also churning up the gunk at the bottom of the pond might release gases that can be harmful to hibernating or sluggish creatures.
I know that it isn't recommended to have your ppump right on the bottom in cold weather because it will take the near freezing water from the surface down to the bottom where the water is more likely to be approx 4*C (nice and warm relativelty speaking. |
RE: Pink Coloration of Pond Water
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| Hi Big Kid, My memory is that in winter oxygenators do not work as well as it needs sunlight, and even depletes oxygen somehow. I don't know if this is true or not. Also my husband has just got this new super keyboard which is supposed to be easier to use, but my touchtyping has gone up the creek...taken me ages to type this!!! Got cold down here the other day, just when the males seemed to be really gathering. Hopefully they will come back. Spawn still OK thanks to bubblewrap blankets at night when frost threatens. I will get used to this &%$@ keyboard! Chip |
RE: Pink Coloration of Pond Water
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| Thanks, Chip! Weather here has been spring-like and on 5th. February I found a couple of amphibians at it! They looked more like toads, except that I didn't know I had any! Unfortunately they were on top of pond netting lying over water and I don't know if anything got laid (other than the female. Sorry...couldn't resist that one!!)
Big Kid.
P.S.Good luck with keyboard. Personally, I can't stand black ones because I find it more difficult to read in low light, so had to replace my Dell one. |
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