seaweed + green algae for fish ponds

[Galgari]

does anyone know how to quickly get these items by fishing? like, are there any factors that increase the chances of fishing the seaweed and green algae?

[dubesor]

seaweed can be fished from the ocean. green algae just go to lv20 in the normal mines. fishing on unlucky day will yield more non-fish. also beginner rod will be "worse" thus catch more seaweed+green algae. Overall I never had to fish for these items because I always stored them (also for cooking), but shouldn't be hard at all to get enough for fish ponds since they only require 5 of each.

[Turtleswatter]

Kronos's sewer also good for green algae

[I Kinda Fail]

Green slimes frequently drop green algae, so I just had a bunch saved from mining. Seaweed is tricky, but it can sometimes show up in the tide pools on the beach, like coral does. I'm not sure if a beginner's fishing rod catches more trash or not, but it might be worth a try... Otherwise, I guess try beach fishing on a horrible luck day.

[NekoTiggger]

Also some of the fish ponds occasionally give seaweed and green algae. I got some from my Lobster Snail and Slimejack ponds. So if you are building a lot of fish ponds maybe start with those?

[josseriot]

The Lake in Cindersap Forest, next to where the Traveling Cart parks, is an easy way to get algae. There aren't a lot of fish that spawn there--smallmouth bass and pike, that's it--and so you will catch a lot of algae and trash when fishing there. That where I went to fish for algae to build the ponds.

Also try fishing of whatever water you have on your farm.

[I Kinda Fail]

I spent 12pm-10pm fishing for 2 days and got 9 and 10 seaweed, so it's not THAT hard to farm it yourself, as long as you can sacrifice a day or two. 2 days of fishing got me enough seaweed for 4 fish ponds, which will take 2 days to build, I think. So 2 days fishing got me 8 days or so of construction materials.

[Mr. Jizzard The Tentacle Wizard]

I usually take a while to upgrade from the basic rod, and since fishing is the easiest source of income in the early game I fish all the time so I can quickly get money for tool and backpack upgrades (as well as rare seeds and strawberry seeds). Even after eating like 75% of the green algae and seaweed I get, I still end up with so much on top of exploring the mines. I don't think it should be that hard, just use the basic rod.

[aegis3d]

Originally posted by Mr. Jizzard The Tentacle Wizard:

I usually take a while to upgrade from the basic rod, and since fishing is the easiest source of income in the early game I fish all the time so I can quickly get money for tool and backpack upgrades (as well as rare seeds and strawberry seeds). Even after eating like 75% of the green algae and seaweed I get, I still end up with so much on top of exploring the mines. I don't think it should be that hard, just use the basic rod.

I'm the same at the beginning of the game. The trick is just to save the seaweed/green algae you get with the limited space available. In previous versions I'd usually eat or trash it. Now it's potentially pretty valuable.