inherited a pond...

Moved house last Autumn and along with it came this pond...
Anyway I haven't a clue what to do with it and how to look after it.
In it there appears to be algae growing uncontrollably from the rocks around the edge and also there is other gunk attaching itself to everything else like the pump, baskets and pipes etc...
So how do i get it looking nice and clean again?
Things I have done are replace the uv lamp in the filter, put some 'pond clear' in it & put some barley straw in it too.

Help!

 

Sounds like it could be 'blanket weed' WW....I've never tried Barleystraw so i can't help there but i've got a stick i've put nails in (like teeth) and i twizzle it in the pond(like making candy floss) does the trick lovely Thats just my crude attempt but someone will be along with more experience and advice

 

Sorry L, which bit sounds blanket weed?

 

Sorry WW....the green wispy stuff....i'm not very helpfull am i

 

I've taken a photo....excuse the chicken wire...it's to stop the fledglings 'meeting their maker'.... is this what you mean...

 

Thanks, I'll have a closer look on laptop when i get home, I'm at t'other end of the UK

 

Hey smartie, think you maybe right. Does it cling to the rocks around the edge etc? Sorry to sound so vague, as you can tell, I've never owned a pond before

 

Yes it clings to everything but i manage to get most of it with my 'twizzle stick' thingy.

 

I'll try and make one - unless you have the patent?

 

Yes a stick really is the best thing, but like candy floss, the stick does not need nails.

 

Yes you're right Watergarden my pond is fibre glass but if you have a liner you need to carefull not to damage it....
My 'twizzle stick' is my 'luxury' model

 

Theres that much I may buy something (chemically) to try and reduce it then twizzle the rest away . . .

 

Save your money, by the time you have decided what to buy, tried it found out it doesn't work, you could have done the job.
Just like candy floss once you start the remainder just follows on, so it should not take long.

 

Would that be the De-lux super model?

 

Nice one thanks, I'll get out twizzling tomorrow then.