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Tips and Tools for Measuring Pond Area and Volume Like a Pro
Finding both the surface area and volume of your pond, lake, or dugout can be an important step in pond maintenance. These are generally important measurements to be aware of when you have a property with bodies of water. The size of your water body will affect the amount of treatment you will need to apply or what systems you need to install as well as generally influencing parameters such as temperature, dissolved oxygen and nutrient concentration. Depending on the shape and size of your pond
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5th Sep 2024
Clearing Pond Problems: Insights from Pond Pro's Product Experiment
IntroductionThe 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 ExperimentThe Go
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5th Sep 2024
Treatment for Murky or "Iced Tea" Water
Treatment for Murky, “Iced Tea Water” in Ponds & DugoutsWe get multiple calls every summer of
people confused that their pond is clear of algae and weeds, yet they are
unable to truly clear the water up. Often it is described as murky, brown or
“like iced-tea” – also referred to as turbidity. Frustrating as this is, there is a
solution! Flocculent treatment is the best way to treat murky water. This is
also beneficial to your pond as it reduces phosphates which are the food algae
thrive
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5th Sep 2024
Windmill versus Electric Aeration - 10 things to consider when choosing aeration
Windmill versus Electric Aeration - 10 things to consider when choosing aeration
Technology has advanced so much that the once idealized
windmill aeration system is becoming less and less popular. The industry
leading electric aeration systems are superior to windmills, in so many ways
that an
electric aeration system is recommended if power is within 1500 feet.
The cost of trenching power to the pond will be made up for in cost-savings and
reliability of high efficiency
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5th Sep 2024
Fish Stocking - What you need to know!
Fish Stocking –
What you need to know!Ponds and water
features are beautiful additions to properties but you may be one of many
people looking for a way to be more engaged with their project. Fish Stocking
is a great way to do that! From watching the kids feed the fish, to
waiting a few years to grow the 20 lb monster - stocking your pond with trout
can add hours of enjoyment! The thought of
stocking your pond for the first time can be intimidating but we have the go-to
list to help y
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5th Sep 2024