Rain a much needed commodity throughout the world unfortunately is not always great for your garden pond and its inhabitants, including fish and aquatic plant life.
Water Lilies are not much of a fan of moving water and hate being splashed with a real passion. Unfortunately rain does both to these beautiful plants.
The best quick fix is to move your Water Lilies to a protected area, perhaps under a hanging tree or shrub. Fertilize them and they will be back with a vengeance once the weather improves and the rain subsides.
Water Hyacinths hate high pH and rain often increases the pH in the Pond i.e. the pond water become more alkaline. Test pond pH and make any necessary adjustments. A few warm days and the Water Hyacinths will come right back to their glory.
There may be a sudden increase in the amount of string algae, including blanketweed because string algae loves a high pH.
This is not necessarily a good thing however as string algae is much harder to remove than floating algae also known as green water algae.
There is now however a fantastic British product that will eradicate your pond of this slimy pest. The product known as Viresco has been tested extensively, is low cost and is available for shipping world wide.
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