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Pond Pro Water Testing Services
Pond Pro Water Testing Services
Need help identifying what is causing issues in your pond? Want custom product recommendations? Let us get to the root cause of your pond problems and find a solution tailored to your pond. With our new facility upgrades and lab partnerships we can now serve you better all across Canada!
If your pond has the following problems, you may need to consider water testing:
Murky water
Algae/Weeds
Sludge
Odours
Eutrophic pond
Why you should get your water teste
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20th Sep 2024
Diagnosing Your Pond: Colour, Algae, Weeds
Our team likes to run through a standard set of questions including presence of algae and type, presence of weeds and type, “muck,” and colour and consistency of water. These factors guide our treatment protocols. You can also check these out yourself using our Pond Pro Diagnostic Tool.
Maybe you have observed what your pond’s conditions are - but what does all this mean? The presence of plants and the colour of the water are all indicators of overall pond health. While this
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20th Sep 2024
Powerful Methods for Treating Algae in Ponds and Dugouts
Pond & Dugout Algae Treatment
There are two main types of algae and they both must be treated very differently if they are already present. They both are treated with ProClear Algaecide. This product works by being absorbed by the algae which then kills it. However, while both types are treated with ProClear, thy are treated with different rates and different methods.
Filamentous algae is non-toxic, but is a cosmetic inconvenience that decreases water quality. It creates a thi
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20th Sep 2024
Clearing Pond Problems: Insights from Pond Pro's Product Experiment
Introduction
The health and clarity of your pond is vital for both aesthetics and the well-being of aquatic life. Pond Pro offers a range of products designed to mitigate common issues such as algae problems, high phosphate levels, and turbidity. In this blog post, we delve into an experiment conducted by one of our 2023 summer students to observe and test Pond Pro NaturalClear and QuikClear and suggest how various Pond Pro products could help with some common water problems.
The Experiment
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20th Sep 2024
Is It Safe to Use Bleach in My Pond?
With summer fully underway, many of us are enjoying our backyard ponds, dugout, and lakes for aesthetic purposes, swimming, kayaking, fishing, and more! With that being said, the warm weather, sunshine, and runoff can result in unwanted algae blooms, weed growth, and smelly water making our ponds less desirable. As frustrating as this may be, we urge you NOT to bleach or add chlorine into your pond to try and eliminate weeds, algae, bacteria, or odours.
Bleaching or chlorinating your pond may
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20th Sep 2024