I have a goldfish pond that is about the size of the bed of a full size pickup truck, and the bees love to hang out and drink water, but had to cut a tree down and now the pond is in full sun. Now the algae has gone wild and the water is very milky green. Can anyone recommend something I can add to the water to make it clear again, and is safe for the bees? I've used the barley bags and liquid concentrated barley but they're not even touching it.
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This won't be much help but I remember reading this a few years ago. Take a bale of barley hay, oats hay, or wheat hay - I wish I knew which one. Anyway as it decomposes it releases something in the water that's toxic to algae but won't harm the fish. Maybe www.gardensalive.com website will have it on there, or they may could answer your question.
Sounds like you have too much nutriment going in to the pond. Does the water from your yard run into it or have you fertilized your yard and some of the fertilizer went into it. My pond is one acre and normally stays pretty clear. When I fertilize the field around it or the cows end up dropping too many turds in it I end up with a lot of algae.
Jim
Barley straw will keep the water clear but it turns it darker.
Gene
Just wanted to say thanks for all your suggestions. The small pond is on a hill and no farm land and no fertilizer around. Thanks for info.