The TRUTH about Blanket Weed (String Algae) in your Pond!

A video on blanketweed or filamentous algae, whatever name you prefer to call it. In the video I mentioned certain products most of which you can find on my website, link below.

[pearsedunne]

Many thanks as always Kev, your advice is very much appreciated. 🙏🏼

[DOF-Films]

Love your channel and advice Kev, you've been a huge inspiration to me. Many, many thanks!

[mercamg]

Thanks Kev. Relaxing viewing of nature.

[sambulate]

Kev, I have been falling down the rabbit hole with your videos lately. Thank you so much for making them, and for the (free!) information you're putting out for us.

A couple of questions: I'm thinking about building a half wine barrel pond, with a bog filter and maybe a few tiny fish. Still working out details and the cash for it, but it's fun to dream about for now. Have you ever tried to grow any edible plants/veggies in your small container ponds? If you have, how do you keep undesirable insects out of them?

[ElizabethSwider]

This winter I have some string algae in my bog filter. What I didn't expect is that the goldfinches love to eat it! Now I'm a fan of the algae!

[Golden.FishTank]

Awesome video! I have some string algae in my pond as well, I'm using barley straw extract and it helps a little but after watching your video I think I'm going to give a bog filter a try and do things the natural way.

[bogglesbiggins]

Thanks Kev, your uploads always read my mind!
Also, I was wondering what the green mossy looking stuff is growing outside of your pond covering some rocks? It looks great

[liamfinch]

excellent "honest" pond video - much appreciated. Thanks

[libormaslo]

Hey Kev, thanks a lot for this video. I have finally cristal clear water in my pond even with 28 deg C water. Took 3 weeks for starting bacteria to kick in and now my pond is crystal clear even in super hot weeks this summer. My pond is 9 weeks old build with your dream pond as inspiration. It is amazing to see how my lowcost pond build on my own outperform my neighbours profesional build pond with convetional filtration system where he throws each year bacteria for 400, -EUR. BTW what is the name of tha plant on 8:13 all those green moss type hills. Looks lovely and never seen such a plant in my region Czech Republic.

[davidkain]

Please do another plant walk and talk. Talking about ground cover and weeding and prevention, would be a hot topic for me.

[NaturePondAdventure]

Nice one, patience is what I'm missing...

[leeannmartin]

I would love to know more about phosphorus binders

[deansiddall]

another great video, thanks. out of interest, how many years/months do you reckon a pond wil find its natural balance?

[mayota-hyty]

Hey Kev, could you do a video on how your medaka, Pacific Blue Eyes and Rainbow Fish are doing. Would be much appreiciated. Also how do you find the Pacific blue eyes and Rainbow fish manage the cold temperateures. Would be much appreiciated.

[markecgazda]

Hey Kev nice video!! Can you help me with my pond its about 4 months old and very recently string algaes started to be present in entire pond. Im using UV lamp even before algaes appeared, and Im having bog filter. What can I do with string algaes, I heard some say its normal during winter to string algaes appear. Im little bit considered about it that disaster happend

[Lorianix]

Hi Kev, at 6:15 the underwater shot I saw some tiny fish - what are they if you don't mind? Do small fish do well in large ponds? Also have you tried shrimp in ponds? Thank you 🙂

[tcericsonericson]

Are you sulfur in my filter in a bag to get rid of blanket weed or hair LG it takes a little bit for the work but once it does if you keep that sulfur up it won't come back and it doesn't affect your pH like you would think

[MarvinBowen]

String algae is choking my barrel pond. I just keep scooping it out. I really don't know where the nutrients are coming from, though. I only have rice fish in there and feed them only enough to be alive. I'll just keep scooping rather than treat with anything.

[ResellerLuLu]

Hi, can you tell me which plants i can put in my koi pond and bog filter which are not toxic to koi. I've seen some American vids but i feel those plants are usually only available in America.
Im in Sydney.
Thanks

[witnessforchrist]

Would a large colony of cherry shrimp be affective against algae