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lowjack12

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Brown sludge
« on: Aug 01, 2020, 04:40 PM »
Does anybody know what this is is that the tomhannock reservoir pretty much Brown sludgy looking stuff going across the entire Lake plus there's a turnover of green stuff out there as well


rgfixit

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #1 on: Aug 01, 2020, 05:14 PM »
Don’t know but, it sure looks nasty.

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #2 on: Aug 01, 2020, 09:45 PM »
Looks like Filamentous Algae  ?? Grows on the bottom, then releases into floating nasty mats. Tough to ID only with a pic sometimes. It goes through various stages as it grows.

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #3 on: Aug 01, 2020, 10:24 PM »
Looks like Filamentous Algae  ?? Grows on the bottom, then releases into floating nasty mats. Tough to ID only with a pic sometimes. It goes through various stages as it grows.

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taxid

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #4 on: Aug 02, 2020, 10:46 AM »
Algae that has floated up, washed ashore, and broken down.
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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #5 on: Aug 08, 2020, 01:28 PM »
i  told  you guys .....don't  fish in  sewer treatment  plants  geeeez  ....go  shower
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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #6 on: Aug 08, 2020, 01:50 PM »
i  told  you guys .....don't  fish in  sewer treatment  plants  geeeez  ....go  shower

How many of you know walleye fry have been grown at wastewater treatment plants?
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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #7 on: Aug 08, 2020, 03:02 PM »
that  explains  why  big ones  taste the way they do !!!!! 
you can destroy buildings  you can't  destroy the  american spirit

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #8 on: Aug 08, 2020, 03:55 PM »
that  explains  why  big ones  taste the way they do !!!!!
Lmao

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #9 on: Aug 08, 2020, 08:43 PM »
that  explains  why  big ones  taste the way they do !!!!!

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #10 on: Aug 08, 2020, 09:37 PM »
that  explains  why  big ones  taste the way they do !!!!!

No that's from your buddy taking a crap on the ice everyday to mark his territory

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Re: Brown sludge
« Reply #11 on: Aug 09, 2020, 08:32 AM »
 I’ve worked on city water lines if you seen what they looked like inside you’d never want to drink any town or city water you would think twice 

 



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