New Products

If you have duckweed or other floating weeds blooming in your pond right now, this post is for you.

It can be a frustrating and miserable feeling to see your once pristine pond getting quickly covered with some kind of floating gunk that ends up covering the entire surface.

What you’re looking at could be several things but usually it’s some form of duckweed, watermeal, or floating scum-like algae.

For duckweed and watermeal a very common suggestion is to treat these floating pond weeds with some type of chemical. Fluridone is a commonly prescribed remedy and this can be found under several brand names, including Sonar or Whitecap. It works as a photosynthesis disruptor and can certain work to keep ponds clear of the weeds. But this type of treatment can be quite expensive.
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Want a quick, clean, and easy way to add dye to your pond?

Up to now most often we’ve had to use concentrated liquids for this task, but thanks to Easy Pro we now have an alternative.

I’ve come to like powdered dyes because they still concentrated but much easier, and cleaner to work with than the liquids.

If you’ve ever spilled pond dye on your clothes or gotten it on your hands, you know what I mean.

All of our dyes are non-toxic, and safe for pets, wildlife, livestock, fish, you name it.  They are made out of food coloring dyes as a base.

But they add one more tool in your battle against algae and unwanted weed growth.

Available in a 3 pack jar (which treats up to an acre in size), a 20 pack pail, and an 80 pack pail, there’s a size to fit just about any large pond.

Better still, we now have them in three colors!  We’re not talking just blue anymore.  You can also choose from the natural looking black, and black/blue combination.

To learn more about this great addition to our pond dye category, be sure to visit this page!

Our Pond Biotix line of products has become a favorite go-to tool for many pond owners! For those that have been with us for some time, you might recall that we spent a lot of time and effort trying to come up with a really great, effective natural product for keeping ponds of all sizes cleaner, and Pond Biotix is the result. It’s like a premium probiotic for your pond!

The thing is, these products are so popular and effective that we rarely put them on sale, but every now and then, we have run a bundled package of products for small and large ponds and we usually sell out pretty quickly.

So first off, don’t wait too long to jump on this deal, particularly if you’ve used PB before or have been thinking about trying it. Now is the time.

In regards to the details. On the small pond Pond Biotix SP (1 quart) and ME (5 pound pail) combo pack, you can save $10 when you purchase them together.

You can get more details and dosage rates on each of these products on their respective product pages here (PBSP link and the PBME link) but in a nutshell, the SP is a liquid premium beneficial bacteria that works great to clean up fish waste and other organic elements that can kick algae into high gear and lead to a lot of other problems too. The ME is a special pelletized form of beneficial bacteria and barley that will break down muck or sludge on the bottom of a pond and really clean that up well. Both are safe for fish and pets, and provide a great alternative to chemical treatments.

On the large pond side, we have a great combo pack of Pond Biotix 10 and the ME pellets, both in 30 pound pails. Get them together today and you can save $70 off in the bundle!

The PB10 is generally regarded as one of the best premium pond bacteria blends available today and it has done a wonderful job for many pond owners. Use the PB10 for pond wide cleaning. For muck or sludge, again, the PBME is the tool to use to break this down naturally and efficiently and as the bottom of the pond get’s cleaner, many problems, including off odors and algae, go away too! You can read up on each of these products in the links that follow. (PB10 link and PBME link)

To order either of these great packages, use the links below and if you have any questions on any of them, be sure to contact me through this website.

Pond Biotix SP/ME Bundle for small ponds.

Pond Biotix 10/ME Bundle for large ponds.

There was a time, not all that long ago, when it was kind of challenging to aerate a pretty shallow body of water. By shallow I mean something around 6′ or less in depth.

While it’s true, a lot of folks used surface fountains and bubblers, and they work pretty well, they do have their drawbacks. If you have water quality problems, like algae, they can plug up pretty easy and when that happens you can burn the motor out of them. Usually they cost a bit more to run too so their just not a great solution for everyone.

But a few years ago, some enterprising aerator companies started to work with some shallow pond kits that have ended up being pretty popular. We’ve sold several from the Airmax line since they came onto the market and they’ve been some of our most consistent sellers and many pond owners have really loved the way they improved their ponds.

Shallow pond aeration kits usually use a linear type of compressor which has diaphragms in it, rather than a rocking piston design, which really works best for deeper water. Linear’s are quiet, and are often very energy efficient. They produce very good, consistent air, but they are not designed to handle a lot of back pressure, which very deep depths tend to create. So in the end, they turned out to be a very good option for ponds down to about 8′ or less.

The one thing about shallow ponds and aeration that must be remembered is, in shallow water, a diffuser placed at say, 6 feet, won’t have as wide ranging of an effect on a pond’s area compared to something that’s twice as deep. In essence the deeper you go down to release the air, the more pond area you can positively affect.

So the way round that in a shallow pond is to have multiple diffusers or release locations to really spread the air around better. So commonly you’ll see these systems with 2 or 4 diffusers in the package.

As mentioned before, the Airmax line has had some shallow ponds kits for a few years now and they’re very good and they’re full featured. But not everyone want’s to spend the money on these higher end kits when they may not need a weather protective cabinet, or other accessories.

So in light of that fact, we’ve been on the search for a more affordable, albeit basic, shallow pond aeration system, and we’ve found a good one with the new Easy Pro Shallow Pond Aerator. This great addition to our line up will provide pond owner’s with another effective, efficient, and affordable solution to adding valuable oxygen into their pond, even if it’s pretty shallow. The EP system will work great in any pond up to about 1/4 to 1/3 of an acre and around 7 feet deep or less.

You can learn more about this great new kit right here. And you if you have any questions about aeration for your pond, either leave a comment below or be sure to contact us through this website.