What is blanket weed?
Blanket weed is mostly found crowding your marginal plants, in the stream bed, and sometimes in bad cases it will grow on the bottom of your pond. Blanket weed is really hard to pull out of a pond because it clings to rocks, plants and everything else.
Why do we get blanket weed?
Blanket weed is natures way of balancing your water system, it grows because your water contains excess nutrients either from fish waste or fertilisers which the blank weed utilises as a food source.
How do I rid myself of blanket weed? Use Hydra Quartz to remove the blanket weed and algae spores it will also act to help prevent further growth.
What is Hydra Quartz? Hydra Quartz is a fish safe blend of minerals, enzymes and bacteria which work the same safe way as barley straw but rapidly – no waiting for weeks to see results. It is fish safe and easy to use.
Should I pull blanket weed out? The worst thing you can do is pull the blanket weed out, the act of pulling releases millions of blanket weed spores which will germinate and two weeks later the problem will be much worse than it was. Use Hydra Quartz to remove the blanket weed and algae spores and simply scoop out the dead blanket weed with a net.
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