Texas Lake Solutions

It is now the early part of September, and we just made it through what I think is the wettest  August  that I have ever seen in the Lone Star State.  What effect this will have on your pond or lake,  remains to be seen, but at least they should be full.  If you are planning to amend your impound with lime for pH, start planning it now. If you need to test, or have it tested this is the time to start scheduling it. Getting a head start now may give you a big advantage when the Spring season rolls around.

Pond Scum Information

Pond scum, it goes by a lot of different names, but most of the time, it is really a type of algae known as filamentous algae.

Algae, are very primitive plants, there are several types, including the planktonic algae that is often suspended in the water profile of a pond or lake, and gives it that green tint that we are all familiar with. It is a single cell, that feeds aquatic invertebrates, which, in turn, feed larger creatures and so on up the food chain.

There are more advanced forms of algae as well, such as “Nittela”, and “Chara”, which resemble vascular rooted plants.

Filamentous algae, or pond scum starts growing at the bottom of a body of water, and gradually moves to the top by virtue of the buoyancy it provides through the creation of oxygen by the process of photosynthesis.

Pond scum, algae