When they first came to Lake Erie, they multiplied exponentially, and at their peak the water cleared up dramatically. Then they leveled off, and declined somewhat, I think the Gobies may control them now, but not sure. Gobies are disgusting little creatures as well, and not something to look forward to. Unfortunately our water has gotten cloudy again, mostly algae. There is a state marina here with a large basin which gets so much seaweed by June that you can get trapped in there. The state does something, (which only the state can do, go figure) that completely wipes these weed out. I was told that they OVER fertilize the basin, which kills the plants. Maybe Potash?
Regarding the mussels, the only problem I have with them boat-systems related is the cooling line for the fridge. They like to lodge in the lines, where they can just sit and let the water flow over them. As I have mentioned before, my solution for this is to put a few mothballs in the strainer, which keeps them out of there, but the fry pass through, and end up in the pump. For this I add a half cup of bleach in the strainer every few weeks to kill them downstream. Our City water intake has chlorine added at the entrance in the lake to control them, then supposedly it is removed in filtering. Now we are all bracing for Asian Carp. Bill Coleman C&C 39 -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Brent Driedger via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:37 AM To: C&C List Canada Subject: Stus-List Zebra muscles Good day everyone. Well they're here now and our government is already planning aggressive treatments as zebra muscles have been found in our harbour. The treatment will shut down 4 of our commercial harbours on Lake Winnipeg, knock out our fishing fleets for most of May and June and offset our recreational schedule. This prescription calls for liquid potash to be pumped into the harbours. This seems like a scary alternative as potash is the 3rd major crop nutrient after nitrogen and phosphorus and Lake Winnipeg already has a giant blue green algae problem thanks to field runoff etc. It sounds like they are only going to be postponing the inevitable and causing additional problems along the way. For the sailors living on the Great Lakes and have been dealing with zebra muscles for years, what sort of personal impact have you had with your sailboats cooling systems, sanitary systems etc. Also what local treatments have you seen? Thanks Brent Driedger 27-5 s/v Wild Rover Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
