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Algicides such as copper are being phased out as much as possible in the USA. Organic herbicides and algicides are better over time and with repeated use since they break down mostly into CO2, water and maybe Chloride, Nitrogen etc. The only way to get rid of copper is a Nuke reactor and split...

Algaefix will work, the algaicide is Busan 77 actually. Not sure if it's allowed in the UK, generally not. The best method I've found for pond clients : pack the pond full by the last week in march with Hyacinth, water lettuce etc at my climate region/Latitude. About 2 weeks before you know...

Another trick if you own a pond+ aquarium, dump the old tank water into the pond. This adds some nice softer water, with some nutrients and traces. Tops off or water change(not needed typically if the % plant biomass is high). Then take the water from the pond and use it for irrigation and...

dw1305's pond is testament to the principle of plants, not straw. Nice clear water, full of nice pretty plants. No way algae can dominate that system, it's a little work, maybe some higher greens come in due to seasonal plant die back but that's temporary. Some pruning excess plants, selling...

I'm not, we did a lot of studies on it here at the USDA lab at Davis. Spencer at al found no significant effects due to the straw, who wants rotting straw in their pond that lowers DO levels? Add more plants and then there's no algae, about 50% coverage is ideal and fairly easy to manage. Been...

Excaliber could do the trick:) A large knife, cut the sucker in 1/2, 1/4ers etc. Choose where to cut to save the most leaves etc, the tuber root stock can get large. You can sell these weeds also to the Lily clubs. You can also make hybrid types as well. Quite popular. As you can see, you have...

Shrimp are out, as are a number of algae eaters. Likely could get away with Flag fish in the summer etc, even normal plecos. However, I'd shy away from algae eaters in ponds. There are some snails and mostly bugs that do this job pretty well, and the floating plants are very good as they do not...

Well, as long as you have high enough starting biomass, this is fine. Once it's grown in however, you likely do not need to add so much ferts. I'd go with more organic approaches at such scales, for small non CO2 planted aquariums, that's pretty much what you are doing, a similar approach...