I love aquatic ecosystems and I’ve kept aquariums and ponds for most of my life.
I noticed that BBA may grow in the aquarium at some point, but in 40 years I never, ever got BBA in my ponds, not even a single spot of it.
In my ponds I may get many other types of algae, with the long green filaments being the most common but never BBA.
I have had many ponds, with filtration or without it, with a bare plastic sheet or with some substrate, with many aquatic plants or with very few, with many or few fish, but they were always exposed to the elements, rain, sunshine, wind and different degrees of shade from trees and never got a single spot of BBA.
No CO2 supplementation and Hard water around 12 DH.
This isn’t by chance I’m sure, my guess is that Solar Light or hard water/Sunshine may inhibit its germination and growth.
Anybody has a different experience?
I noticed that BBA may grow in the aquarium at some point, but in 40 years I never, ever got BBA in my ponds, not even a single spot of it.
In my ponds I may get many other types of algae, with the long green filaments being the most common but never BBA.
I have had many ponds, with filtration or without it, with a bare plastic sheet or with some substrate, with many aquatic plants or with very few, with many or few fish, but they were always exposed to the elements, rain, sunshine, wind and different degrees of shade from trees and never got a single spot of BBA.
No CO2 supplementation and Hard water around 12 DH.
This isn’t by chance I’m sure, my guess is that Solar Light or hard water/Sunshine may inhibit its germination and growth.
Anybody has a different experience?