Thread: moss on pond

Why do you want to get rid of it? The pond looks healthy

can't fish for the moss on the weeds in the pond is is so thick in places

I use to get some stuff called karmex,at southern states,(which is like a tractor supply kinda agra related store) Karmex is a pesticide used for row crops i was told. its a white pellet,small pellets.It only takes a heaping handfull if you got a good size pond.Mix it ina garden sprayer with water and spray the moss.Start out using less karmex.I learned the hard way a whole 5 lb bag will kill the fish...

I use copper sulphate on mine. It's Pelletized and u just throw it out from the bank like grass seed

I use copper sulphate also but I dissolve it in a bucket of water then walk around and throw the solution to treat the pond. Read directions on the copper sulphate jug so you don't over treat the pond

Consider it like this: to us, as fishermen, weeds are a bother hindering our lures and retrieves. To the pond they allow 75 to 90+% more fish to exist in your pond than it could otherwise support . Getting rid of the weeds from a biological point of view is like a dedicated bird watcher cutting down the forest so he can see the birds he loves more clearly from much further away; LONG TERM it is a BAD IDEA...Or put another way, you can have a food chain that has no fish in it, but you CANNOT have fish WITHOUT the food chain already in place supporting them...You are basically considering seriously weakening or removing a substantial link of that chain. There will be unforeseen and unconsidered `ripple effects` from doing so. Good luck and let us know how it works out...

Grass carp will eat it, you won't have any left when they are done though.

This is my first pond so I know nothing about taking tare of one. I don't want to hurt the fish that are in it. I'm wanting to make my own bream fishing spot if it don't hurt maybe I should just leave it alone will it take over the entire pond it is just in the shallow end now
Thanks