+- Garden And Gossip Forums (https://gardenandgossip.org)
+-- Forum: General (https://gardenandgossip.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Forum: General discussion (https://gardenandgossip.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=7)
+--- Thread: Brown scum (/showthread.php?tid=348)
Brown scum - Baldy - 12-07-2020
new job - almost stressed right out, sorry for lack of posts...
anyhow...
friends pond has a weird algae (i guess) that floats on top the pond - rusty brown colour
He put a filtering system in to fix it but its made no odds
Ideas?
RE: Brown scum - Roitelet - 12-07-2020
A friend of mine had the same problem. They put barley straw in and it did eventually clear the pond and they haven’t had a problem since. It happened after they had planted new water plants and disturbed the sediment.
RE: Brown scum - Admin - 14-07-2020
Concrete ponds are prone to brown algae, this is due to the high Calcium levels. It will sort it self out in time