tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post1634484263541821969..comments2023-05-08T21:42:05.380-04:00Comments on Blue Jay Barrens: Water ShortageSteve Willsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-84253798809530371792012-04-17T22:02:50.214-04:002012-04-17T22:02:50.214-04:00Thanks Kevin. The pond usually goes dry around th...Thanks Kevin. The pond usually goes dry around the first of July. The algae is fueled by the decomposing plant stalks from last year. Warm weather got he algae growing much earlier than normal. That, combined with the low water level, is why things look so algae dominated now.<br /><br />Hi Lois. There are a lot of snails and other water creatures that just settle down in the mud and wait for the rain. It doesn't take them long to become active again once the water returns.Steve Willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098584432333519732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-4649223871848688102012-04-17T08:03:11.108-04:002012-04-17T08:03:11.108-04:00Very interesting. It's amazing how the water c...Very interesting. It's amazing how the water creatures can manage to return after a drought. The tadpoles bring back memories of childhood. :) Very nice post.Lois Evensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129343619065721588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629602865933201771.post-87244539063642795222012-04-17T03:25:39.591-04:002012-04-17T03:25:39.591-04:00Well this surely isn't the first year you'...Well this surely isn't the first year you've experienced this. Have the other winters been wetter ? In good years what is the summertime condition of the pond ? <br /><br />There appears to be quite a bit of algal growth in that pond and I highly doubt you are a user of chemicals which would create a nutrient rich situation. I remember Plant Health Care (PHC) had a good pond inoculant in which beneficial bacteria would clear up and disgest many of the nutrient which allow algal to prosper.<br /><br />Over here in Sweden a company called Watreco has a water device that circulates water through concentrated high pressure vortex and creates a loosely bonded water molecules and more oxygen into the mix. Nothing but physics and it works great.<br /><br />Nice story again Steve.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.com