Better make sure your drop cloth is plastic and not cloth, or the red will sink and and eventually spread until the whole cloth is red.

Yagottawanna!

Ugly Joe,

If your problem is string algae, and you have fish, try feeding them only a couple of times a week. We had that problem and we were feeding the fish at least once a day, usually twice. After the advise of an expert, we cut down the feedings and it really cleared up! Also, if you have lots of plants, it causes more algae.
Sorry, not Halloween related!!

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!"

briefly continuing off-topic
Many thanks LHALLOW, I'll give it a shot!
trying to regain halloween-related topic

ummmm...I DO have a monster goldfish in the pond (started as a 1" long feeder goldfish - too dumb to die - is now about 8" long and rules the pond)...does that count?

Ugly Joe continues to wander off the beaten path, into the thick woods, all the while carrying along a conversation with the voices in his head...