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Delilah  
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 More options Aug 23 2012, 5:20 pm
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From: Delilah <Delilah.aac4...@gardenbanter.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:20:43 EDT
Local: Thurs, Aug 23 2012 5:20 pm
Subject: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond

I appear to have posted in the wrong place..so will try again!

Hello!

HELP!! A couple of weeks ago I thought I had some late toad
spawn...strings of black jelly blobs..but I looked this evening and the
whole of my wildlife pond (c.15'x5'x4' deep) is alive with this horrible
black stuff like strings of beads of varying size.
My pond is just over 2 years old and well established and home to newts,
frogs, toads, dragonfly larvae, water beetles..and seemingly every pond
creature going. (No fish). This is the first time I have seen anything
like this..it is not in the smaller wildlife pond which is very nearby.
I have photos but as I am very new I do not know how to post them.
Should I scoop this stuff out and destroy it? It looks like something
out of Quatermass...
(I live in Suffolk, if that helps)

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 More options Aug 24 2012, 8:23 pm
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From: Phyllis and Jim <jimandphylli...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:23:37 EDT
Local: Fri, Aug 24 2012 8:23 pm
Subject: Re: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond
Try this link.  ehow has a bunch of helpful pond stuff.  Let us know what you think of their stuff.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5571398_kill-black-algae-fish-ponds.html


 
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Delilah  
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 More options Aug 25 2012, 12:56 pm
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From: Delilah <Delilah.aae9...@gardenbanter.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:56:03 EDT
Local: Sat, Aug 25 2012 12:56 pm
Subject: Re: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond

Phyllis and Jim;967426 Wrote:

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~ jan  
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 More options Aug 26 2012, 8:53 am
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From: ~ jan <Seewebs...@jjspond.us>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:53:27 EDT
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Subject: Re: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond
Deliah, you described string of beads, but since you're familiar with toads
I assume you know what toad eggs look like? They are like jelly strings
with little black beads in a line. Course they're tiny.... just a bit
bigger than the period on the end of this sentence. ~ jan

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:56:03 EDT, Delilah

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 More options Aug 27 2012, 12:12 am
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From: ka30per...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:12:44 EDT
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Subject: Re: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond
Remove some of the jelly blobs and put in a
jar of pond water. Bring into the house. Cover
the jar with some screening and a rubber band
lest the things hatch and come down the hallway
in the middle of the night (been there, done that).
If you have kids get out a magnifying glass and watch
them develop. When whatever hatches ID them via the
interwebz and let them go in the pond or other natural
waterway that is public.
k :-)

 
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 More options Aug 28 2012, 9:11 am
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From: Delilah <Delilah.ab1e...@gardenbanter.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:11:16 EDT
Local: Tues, Aug 28 2012 9:11 am
Subject: Re: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond

ka30per...@gmail.com;967609 Wrote:

> Remove some of the jelly blobs and put in a
> jar of pond water. Bring into the house. Cover
> the jar with some screening and a rubber band
> lest the things hatch and come down the hallway
> in the middle of the night (been there, done that).
> If you have kids get out a magnifying glass and watch
> them develop. When whatever hatches ID them via the
> interwebz and let them go in the pond or other natural
> waterway that is public.
> k :-)

Umm....already been proved to be an horrible algae attack...not risking
growing any in my house for fear of an alien invasion! I have scooped
out masses of the stuff and removed half the plantlife in my pond...no
more jelly has evolved and the water looks clear. Will clean out the
pond in the Autumn..lots of stinky yuk at the bottom, together with
rotting leaves may have contributed to this. At least the newts and
frogs do not seem affected by the black/green jelly invasion. Thank you
all for your help XXX

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 More options Sep 1 2012, 5:04 pm
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From: JB <jrbnos...@ipa.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 17:04:57 EDT
Local: Sat, Sep 1 2012 5:04 pm
Subject: Re: HELP....black jelly blobs in my pond
On 8/28/2012 8:11 AM, Delilah wrote:


 
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