Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Large number dead fish
View Single Post
 
Old 07-30-2024, 04:40 PM
Triker Triker is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2022
Posts: 104
Thanks: 54
Thanked 118 Times in 53 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kennybmd View Post
While playing golf this morning at Sweet Gum, nearly all the ponds had multiple dead fish. With multiple groups of vultures eating them. Anybody have a clue what caused this? I assume it was some chemicals put into the water.
Could be due to blue green algae also. I’ve seen it in several ponds. When blooms end, the decay of the blue-green algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water, causing fish to die.

Please remember your irrigation water comes from these places.