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    Default What color is the water today?


    Here are some pictures of a pond a few miles from where I live. It is a shallow pond, almost dried up last summer. Now it looks like this. I have seen ponds completely covered with the green algae but have never seen them turn this color. Is it just a color phase or a different type of algae? It is near a manufacturing plant but on slightly higher ground, so I don't think it is any type of runoff. But I could be wrong.





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    It's a phase that the algae is going through. I can't remember the specifics though. I think it has something to do with reproduction or the fact that there is less light each day. Essentially it's the bloom. Someone yell at me if I'm wrong.
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    ummm wow it looks like a huge mass murder happend there
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    I think Hawg is right, looks just like red tide in TX when the algae bloom occurs and burns up all the oxygen in the water in the process.
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    Quote Originally Posted by horseshoer View Post
    I think Hawg is right, looks just like red tide in TX when the algae bloom occurs and burns up all the oxygen in the water in the process.
    I'm just teaching my 8th graders about this right now. It's a type of algae. Probably not the best thing for supporting a good fishery! haha

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    Right, not all algae's turn colors like this right? Algae like that is definitely not good for the fish. It will use up too much of the oxygen. Am I wrong or is this more of a problem for shallower ponds?

    I know ponds that have cows/livestock wading/crapping in them have a bad problem with algae.
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