Thread: moss on pond

I've been using it for 2yrs now and haven't lost any fish. I put 2 cap fulls in a 5gal bucket of water to dissolve. Then I walk around and treat around the edge. My pond is clean with healthy bluegill population. I also use pond dye to color the water and also helps with moss. Can't say it enough read the directions. This has worked for me

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I use pond dye as well and the copper sulphate I just treat 1/4 the pond at a time. Then Waite a few days and do another 1/4 or more. Everyone does it a lol different but I have no weeds and nice blugill

I just use the pond dye and copper sulphate. Just treat part of ur pond at once is what I was told. It's worked for me

There is a specific product that will kill the algae or moss in a pond or lake that is more effective than using the run of the mill copper sulphate. Copper sulphate or CuSO4 is comprised of 96.5% Cu+ a.k.a copper 1 ion and 2.5% Cu++ or copper 2 ion. The ion that kills the algae or moss is the copper 2 ion while the copper 1 is useless. The product is comprised of 100% copper 2 ion and is NSF approved.

Am NOT saying don`t use it at all. Some weeds are GOOD particularly for bass fry and juvenile fish. Use it SPARINGLY if at all...of course READ the directions and follow them erring on the side of CAUTION. I know of at least 2 small ponds that the owners inadvertently wiped completely out by just dumping more than a couple of bottles into them with NO idea of exactly what they were doing. The 1/2 acre pond was done 2 yrs ago and this yr it`s again supporting minnows. Jeff never did say how many bottles he poured into it but EVERYTHING in it died...on the `good` side he DID get rid of the weeds. Kind of like doing urban renewal with a 50 mega ton nuclear weapon...

Help a dummy out please I looked at 3 different things that said will kill algae 1 you told me about copper sulfate algi-cure and cutrine plus they read use ppm I have no ideal how to come up with ppm don't want to treat the whole pond

My pond is 1 acre and I fill up a solo cup at a time and spread it. Usually 3 will treat mine. Just remember the more moss u have the more Oxegon its gonna consume when it dies and sinks. It's a simple trial and error process. Start off easy and c how it reacts