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LeftInTX

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17. catfish are native, they can use those (I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't part of the pool already)

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:25 PM

Jun 23

We have oxbow ponds near me. They get so disgustingly green...sometimes they get depleted....sometimes they're bluish....More often they're pretty sad. I live in San Antonio which is in a perpetual drought state. They sit on a dry creek with likely small springs feeding them. So, they fill up when it rains.....Then they turn green and evaporate.

One summer, it was so dry that black vultures were the only "aquatic birds".

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Would a thousand of these fish be able to clean up the [View all] Matthew28 Jun 21 OP

I think this fish is the solution. Matthew28 Jun 21 #1

Is this a tropical fish? Emile Jun 21 #2

It's a fancy goldfish, most likely a Ranchu Matthew28 Jun 21 #3

No, it's not a tropical fish. It's a coldwater/temperate fish Matthew28 Jun 21 #4

Thanks for the information. Thinking that would be a great way Emile Jun 21 #8

An Ozone Infusion Pump can clear lakes and will not harm waterfoul. If done right, it will protect them from pathogens. TheBlackAdder Jun 21 #5

But the water will still be full of orthoclad Jun 21 #11

The pump needs to run 24x7, while robotic bottom skimmers clean the organic material that settles. TheBlackAdder Jun 21 #16

I thought that was what they were using... LeftInTX Jun 23 #18

Let's just throw Trump in and let him suck it up Grim Chieftain Jun 21 #6

Add his DOJ lawyers for help. multigraincracker Jun 21 #7

Only if it's a shitless fish. A complete ecosystem is required OR chemical sterilization. Maru Kitteh Jun 21 #9

Yes. It's an ecosystem, not a swimming pool. orthoclad Jun 21 #13

Invasive species. They would colonize the Potomac, orthoclad Jun 21 #10

catfish are native, they can use those (I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't part of the pool already) LeftInTX Jun 23 #17

In the US, native catfish are predators rather than algae eaters jmowreader Jun 23 #19

I recommend that they fill it with pirhanas malaise Jun 21 #12

And snakeheads orthoclad Jun 21 #14

Bwaaaah malaise Jun 21 #15

It's going to take a lot more than a thousand of them jmowreader Jun 23 #20