Pond Scum Lake Weeds Mosquitoes And Skinny Fish

Part 1 in our series on pond and lake interaction

The common thread in common lake problems


 

Controlling pond scum, lake weeds and mosquitoes and raising healthy fish may seem complex and difficult. There is no miracle cure, there is no magic bullet. There are no products on the market which will get rid of your pond scum or lake weed problems, prevent them from returning, and leave you with a healthy pond or lake in the process. Even such biological controls as grass carp have problems that will leave you with even bigger problems than the ones you started with. If all of this makes the situation seem a little bit hopeless, don't lose heart, it is not. Some things are not as simple as they seem. Most people would see pond scum, lake weeds, mosquitoes, and skinny fish as unrelated problems. The fact is, that they are all entwined, and at the root of these problems, is one problem with a seemingly strange, but simple solution!

Lake management looking at the big picture

We took a long look at the questions we receive, and realize that most of them have to do with specific issues, and that they show a common misunderstanding about pond and lake management. They seem to show that many pond owners don't understand how all the parts of a pond or lake interact. Our most common questions revolve around the issue of pond scum, and lake weeds. This is followed by questions which revolve around mosquito control, and poor fishing conditions, and what has been termed “skinny fish”. These issues are commonly addressed as individual issues, when in reality, they all have the same root cause. What we would like to do is show the big picture of how a lake with one thing wrong, probably has several problems, and one main problem which all the others revolve around. See: Pond Scum And Lake Weeds