Will a fountain in a small pond disrupt algae growth?

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I installed a small bell fountain in a small outdoor pond we have at the nature center I work at.

I cleaned out the nasty green water and all the gunk.

Will the surface disturbance cut down on algae growth?

Thanks
 
This pond is too small for fish, unless some algae eaters for the summer.
 
The added disolved oxygen should help. But I don't it will clear up the problem. Probably the best thing that you can do for your pond is to add some plants to out-compete the algae. If you don'twant to do that, go out and buy some phosphate control for ponds this should help.
 
Well I did add some azolla and some duckweed.

I hope it grows and shades out the algae.

I will look into phosphate controls.

Thanks
 
weeping fountain

A weping type fountain can help. A slow seeping stream that runs over a concrete statue will grow lots of green algae and act like a trickle filter, remove nitrogen that feed the green water in the pond.
 
Ok, if you do not have fish in this small pond, then what you can try and it will eat all of your green water is Daphnia aka water fleas. There are plenty of sites out there that sell them and you can use this colony to feed your tropical fish too an extra bonus.
I have just put a small pond together myself and plan to put some Gambusia into it.

jim
 
Time

It often just takes time to develop the micro-critters that control green water and algae. Or find some daphnia.

The critters you need probably came in on the plants. Give them time, in 6 weeks it will magically clear overnight.
 
There are two red eared sliders now in this pond.

I will look into water fleas.
 
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