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RE: pond gone red

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Posted by: batrachos at Fri Sep 8 09:29:17 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by batrachos ]  
   

Your pond might be anoxic- a lot of red-pigmented microorganisms grow in water with inadequate oxygen to support green and brown algae. It probably won't hurt your turtles, but it would kill fish or other water-breathers (the anoxia, not the red stuff). An aerator or waterfall should prevent it; so would submerged plants, if they could survive your turtles!


   

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