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Post by beachbum on Sept 24, 2017 1:46:34 GMT
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Post by sherri on Sept 24, 2017 13:46:15 GMT
Wow, amazing photo. Is that from your back garden, beachy? You have the most magnificent views.
Does this algae occur very often?
I remember when Sydney had some red bloom but it was in the reservoirs & affected the drinking water.
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Post by granty on Sept 24, 2017 20:09:50 GMT
Beachy, can you remember the 'set'? It's when the fresh water comes down the Tyne and floods out of the piers, it looks exactly like that.
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Post by beachbum on Sept 25, 2017 0:50:26 GMT
Wow, amazing photo. Is that from your back garden, beachy? You have the most magnificent views. Does this algae occur very often? I remember when Sydney had some red bloom but it was in the reservoirs & affected the drinking water. Yes, that was from the back yard. Shortly after that, it was washing up on my beach. |
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Post by beachbum on Sept 25, 2017 0:55:28 GMT
Beachy, can you remember the 'set'? It's when the fresh water comes down the Tyne and floods out of the piers, it looks exactly like that. It's been a long while since I last saw the Tyne, but I remember that there was a short period of time, every once in a while, when nobody fished off the Groin Pier and everyone was careful about eating anything caught there. |
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Post by beachbum on Sept 25, 2017 1:54:41 GMT
Here it is washing up on what is left of my beach after recent storms.  |
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Post by DADDY O on Sept 29, 2017 14:50:04 GMT
In the Gulf Area it is known as the "Red Tide". Sometimes it is red, sometimes it is green, and sometimes it is brown. No matter what color it is, it is a royal pain in the rear and usually takes weeks to get rid of.....in the ocean.
I do a lot of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) design, and algae is always a problem, especially with smaller cities that use oxidation ponds (large surface area, small depths) for treatment. When the algae blooms up, the quality of treatment goes down and they almost always bust their discharge permit rules.
So what's the solution? Stock the ponds with an algae consuming fish that literally eats the algae. The best fish I have found is.........are you ready for this, because this is one of the most favorite fish to eat in America........Tilapia. Carol used to love Tilapia right up to the time I told her how much a single Tilapia could consume in a wastewater treatment plant. She pretty much quit right after that.
I recently ordered 20,000 Tilapia (minnows at the time) for an oxidation plant in West Texas. Within two months the minnows were 1 pound fish, and the WWTP operators (not the smartest people in the world) were catching them by the bushel load to take home to cook.
The biggest problem with Tilapia is they grow to large sizes and then can clog up the discharge pipes.
But, they are mighty tasty.
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