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Learn how to size, install, and position a pond or dock de-icer for cold climates. Protect your fish, docks, and boats from ice damage with these practical tips. When winter sets in, protecting your pond or dock from ice damage doesn’t have to be complicated. The right de-icer can keep a small area open all season, allowing gases to escape ponds and preventing costly structural damage around ponds or lifts. Pick Your Purpose Before anything else, determine what you are trying to protect or …

Pond Pro Canada is a nationwide and biologist-owned company with over 27 years of experience in the water industry. Among the many products and services Pond Pro provides, we also offer aeration and de-icing consultation for a variety of applications including: Private lakes and ponds Recreational lakes Municipal ferry docks Municipal raw water reservoirs Municipal wastewater lagoons Pulp and paper distillate equalization ponds Stormwater ponds Industrial leachate ponds Aeratio …

Pond and lake dye has numerous benefits for your pond! Not only can pond and lake dye converts dreary and murky body of water into a beautiful, natural- blue or turquoise oasis, but it can also reduce algae blooms and weed growth, and help protect your fish from birds. Pond Pro offers a beautiful blue dye to give your pond a natural blue tone, as well as turquoise to make your pond or lake look like a cool, rocky mountain spring. How does pond dye benefit your pond? Weed and al …

As Fall is well underway and temperatures are dropping its time to start thinking about installing a de-icer to protect your dock, boats, lifts, and other infrastructure! Pond Pro is Canada's de-icing experts and we can answer all your questions about Kasco De-icers! Why do I need a de-icer? Ice expansion, ice jacking, and the blockage of gas exchange can have devastating consequences resulting in damage to hulls, boats, docks and fish kills.  Maintaining ice-free areas or buffer zones c …

Your pond, lake, or dugout experience significant changes when spring rolls around. Spring in Canada usually comes along with highly variable temperatures ranging from double digits in the positive range, down to double digits in the negative. We can also experience greater levels of precipitation from snow, sleet, rain, to hail. These environmental factors all take direct and indirect tolls on your pond, so make sure you know what happens to your pond every spring, and how you can best …