alanw
Seedling
Hi, I recently built (installed) a pond which I want to use for wildlife only in my garden. After initial teething problems I had finally got it in place. I have bought oxygenating plants and they seem to be growing fine at the moment. The problem I have is there appears to be red algae which has appeared over the last week. I understand that my pond plants need to be much bigger and should eventually cut out a lot of the sunlight which is currently hitting the pond and then the algae should reduce (I hope). Is there anything I can do in the meantime to help reduce this algae? The water I used to fill the pond a couple of months ago was all rain water and was pretty clear and very few leaves have fallen in and those that have I have removed most of them. If at all possible I don't really want to include a filter/pump but I will if it is necessary. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.