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posted 5 years ago

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Animal Care.

In this Badge Bit you will remove algae from a trout pond in an appropriate manner.

I had some trouble finding articles I felt were acceptable for appropriate methods of removing algae from trout ponds.
So, in brief, what I think is a nice way to remove algae from a trout pond is to remove it manually with either a rake or scoop net.

Here are some videos on one way of removing algae from a trout pond with a rake.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- you must remove algae from a trout pond

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must:
- post a picture of the algae filled trout pond
- post a progress picture halfway through with you using a tool to remove algae
- post a finished picture showing the clean pond and the pile of algae removed

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C. Letellier

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Anyone who has the pond scum show in the picture of the last video it is some of the best mulch for around trees you will ever find. An inch of 2 of it holds moisture better than plastic yet it can still breath a little. The dry top part is very fragile so it only works where plants are undisturbed by animals or people. It also works really well to anchor mulch that tends to blow away. It is heavy and dense going on and doesn't blow dry unless it is broken back to powder

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posted 3 years ago

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Wow so I guess I'm the first crazy person to do this!

We bought our place in the winter with an older pond that's about 1/3-1/2 an acre. This is the first pond I've ever had, and I let the water situation get away from me.

I've setup an emergency aeration system (more pics when that is permanent) but in the mean time I did an intervention here with a pool skimmer. The pond is stocked with numerous schooling fish and at least one carp and catfish that I've seen that are each about 2ft long!

When I started out I brought a 5 gallon bucket with me thinking that should be good but I filled that up FAST and just started slinging the stuff onto the shore.

I probably spent 2 hours down here working on it, and lucky for me (and probably THE most important lesson for anyone else who is going to do this) the wind pushed the growth towards this end of the pond while I was there. I was getting loads that were probably about 1-1.5 pounds per stroke, so try to do it when the wind is favorable! The bucket probably weighed 50 pounds full and I hauled that up hill to the chickens since I heard they might like eating it (they didn't!).

I definitely didn't get it all out but I'd venture to guess I got 70-100lbs of the stuff out, and it's WAY less dense than before. Getting it fully clean manually is something that I have the heart but not the time for.

Some of the pics are blurry since I'm covered in pond water and it's pretty shady part of the pond!

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