foamy water

[stevieb]

Hi
I have a fairly new pond, I filled it with water about a month ago, after a couple of days the water went very green which I understand is quite normal. A couple of days ago the water has gone very clear again, but now I have white foamy bubbles covering about 30% of my pond. They seem to be formed from the waterfall but instead of dissipating as you would expect, they remain on the surface forming a foam. any ideas if this is normal or should I be worried??
any advice would be greatly appreciated :bowing: :bowing:

Many thanks

Steve

 

[*TJ]

What you are seeing is DOC - dissolved organic's, the die off of the algae bloom is the most likely cause... This should be removed through skimmer filtering or with a very fine net.

 

[stevieb]

Thanks TJ.... one of my friends, who also has a pond, told me the very same thing :thm: :thm: it seems to have died back itself now, do you think that it is liable to return or is it just common with new ponds??

Steve

 

[*TJ]

DOC is common with new ponds shortly after filling... your job is to make sure that the water stays in good shape - cleaning your filter regularily and vac'ing the bottom if you do not have a bottom drain type system. Do not over feed your fish. Adding a surface skimmer will help to reduce pollent etc that will collect on the surface that add to noticable DOC. Dye-off of green water will cause DOC so the removal of dead algae cells is important - and so the decaying cells do not induce another bloom.

 

[*TJ]

p.s. spawning fish will produce foam, really smelly water and degrade water Q in short order... several partcial water changes will clear this up in a few days.

 

[stevieb]

Thanks TJ.... :thm: :thm: really helpful info

Steve