Blog posts of '2013' 'November'

Filamentous algae is often referred to as green moss, pond scum, sea weed etc... Filamentous is a more scientific term for the type of growth pictured below. This type of algae is one of the most common types of algae found in a pond and fairly easy to control...

We received a call a couple weeks ago from a pond owner in Texas that had a rusty tint to his pond. After seeing the pictures we identified his rusty colored film as a type of red algae. This algae usually starts out as green and then changes to red when it blooms...