Hey, Albert. You might get better results using a skim mix of cement with the algae. It will still rot fairly fast but that is why it makes a good mulch or addition to the compost pile.

I did get your link to work, just had to search from the main page. I do have some goldfish in the pond and probably will have more after this spring. Started off with 2 and now have 20 so will give some to a local pet shop probably and give some to friends. I love the toads and my one "pet" frog that made residence. The kids from the neighborhood love watching the cycle of life from mating, eggs, tadpoles, all the way to adults and some of the babies you can even regognize to adulthood by their odd coloring every now and then. Those ones get names. I'm so excited for my first sets of the southern leopard eggs though. We have parrotfeather, hornwart apleanty and iris for the bog and 2 lilly plants and add water hyacinth in the summer. Probably will add in a couple weeks because don't do well if added to early. BTW--The toads do use the lillies, especially the babies during their inbetween stages. We'll often find them still with pointy tails on the pads. We also keep various other plants in the bog that "feeds" down to the pond, usually canna, elephant ear or impatience.

I like string algae so I leave it unless it does something like filling in the upper little pool where the birds bathe. I love watching it flow in the stream and in the pond. I have heard, but don't know if it's true, that if you have string algae you won't have free floating "pea soup" type of algae. Anyway, unless it is causing a problem, I let it be. I think it is "to each his own" when it comes to string algae.

Hi I usually find that given enough time algae will grow on anything lol. I always laugh at the so called "algae resistant adhesives". Maybe a month two tops lol Algae is sure not finicky, about all it needs is a steady source of moisture and even if that quits will go dormant and wait for good times. Report back in a month or two??? gary