Old, forgetful; website? Water flows through and it catches all the green particles.
It comes off easy. I don't have a bottom drain. Turning the waterfall off and using a pressure cleaner is a great way to deep clean your rocks but you can simply lift or scrape off most moss.
How the heck are you?? Hopes this helps.I think Sophie and Chess are correct - It is best to offer them the chance to replace / fix it (shows you are being fair etc)- judging by the first effort this will not be done to your satisfaction - make it clear that you will then want a full refund.
Sellers say this product works many different ways, many say it removes a key nutrient, some say plural nutrients. From this sight line there would be two waterfalls and I can see that that could be too much. Using hydrogen peroxide sprayed or sloshed on you rocks when the waterfalls is turned off will work without any toxic after-effects. I'm glad everyone found each other again!Interesting comments. Turning the water off for a brief period (15-30 minutes) is important otherwise the running water will rinse the hydrogen peroxide off the surfaces you are trying to treat before any reaction can occur. :) Yes, you can spray it off. They are washable. That's very typical for many pond products.
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You can get bottles very cheap at the local drug store. Perhaps someone who uses Pond Balance/Blanket Weed Buster could confirm if it's alum. It doesn't remain in the pond very long, minutes. Whether alum works in a person's pond depends on a few things, like pH, your water source, how clean you keep the pond bottom and plants in the pond (soil/fertilizer). Use a good sealer that penatrates into the stone and mortar.
Complicated little world they have. Where they get into scam territory imo is claiming it's perfectly safe. Worth a try on the HP...we event had to buy the atomizer :-(. Anyone try this on a waterfall/water fountain installation instead of a still pond? I imagine , it will need to be done by others in the future. There are several chemicals that will make phosphorus unavailable to plants and given the directions for Pond Balance and expected results I'm guessing the chemical they're selling is alum (aluminum sulfate). I have the same type of rock work and use a hard plastic sports bottle with a sports drink pop top and have poured on up to 100% acid on the rock work. It never came back. The sound of rushing water rolling over the rocks has an almost magical calming effect. I agree the brown algae is like a carpet and muffles the sound of the water fall and I use algae fix .. keeps my water clear and string algae under control !! @waterbug_guy: thanks, didn't realize barley was a myth! Killing stuff is fine as long as it's used properly and the way we know how to use it is the MSDS.
I use the tube that holds the filter(but do not use the filter that goes on it, filter that looks like a cylinder with a hole mine is black it comes with the water feature pump.) Try purchasing a good sealer from a stone center. A backyard waterfall is both relaxing and invigorating. Thanks in advance for the help!Hydrogen peroxide kills algae on contact and the string algae turns white or lighter color. That is not the only filtration I have. Maybe that's the time for the H2O2 treatment. My 300 gallon stocktank doesn't have any algae in it, but now algae is completely covering the main rock on the waterfall, right before it goes into the stocktank.If your waterfall is in the sun, then you will get algae.
It is short haired and very very thick. For the record, I have seen the similar calcium deposits on a rock waterfall on a chlorine tab pool. I have a 100 gal stock tank that holds small squares of those blue filters to catch the big stuff. I finally built my little waterfall this year. ••• Any suggestions? It has at least the potential of doing at least one of its claims. It's an oxidizer like bleach. It foams and then I proceed to rinse it off. How To Make Fake Rocks. I also have this algae on my rocks. It takes a lot of hydrogen peroxide to effect algae. With that concentration it takes off the calcium on the grout immediately. if it seems too good to be true, it probably is...right!?!?
You must log in or register to reply here. So last time I shop vac'ed it off, LOL. The MSDS is the one place where companies are required to disclose dangers. BTW, I empty the main and small ponds and do a thorough cleaning each spring. Also I have read I can use plaster of Paris in my pond for the gypsum. In backyard ponds that kind of long term control is less likely because of pond cleaning and water sources, but can still be effective for a long time. But if fish are already stressed a pH crash can be a tipping point. I clean mine by mixing 50% muratic acid and 50% water (acid added to water). Forums
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I see there has been no activity on here since 2014 but I have to give it a shot. :-) Read about Barley Straw bales floating to prevent algae in ponds and am wondering if this would be a solution for our pondless water fountain. Frogs seem to like it and the ph seems fun. I am adding pictures.
Lichen is a symbiotic simple celled composite plant that requires both a fungus and algae to thrive.