Algae is a sign of a sign of a healthy water body, algae even provides food and habitat for pond water life. However, excessive algae can cause oxygen depletion, muck accumulation, ruin the aesthetic appeal and also ruin the health of the water body.
Your pond needs a suitable set of chemicals in order to exterminate the algae and various dangerous particles that may exist in your pond while also making sure that they don’t affect your fish in any way.
Here’s a list of the best and safest pond chemicals that you can use:
- API Pond ECOFIX Sludge Destroyer
- API Pond Algae Control
- API Pond-Zyme
- Crystal Blue Natural Pond Cleaner
- PondWorx Pond Bacteria
- KoiWorx Muck Reducer Dry Beneficial Bacteria
- TetraPond Sludge Reducer, Water Treatment
- Healthy Ponds 51116 Aquasphere Pro
- Envii Sludge Klear
In this article we will be giving you some tips on how to maintain a pond. We will also talk about how you should use the chemicals we mentioned above.
Importance of chemicals in the pond?
An unmaintained pond always has a greenish murky appearance, if your pond is starting to look like that, then it is time for some urgent cleaning because excess algae can reduce the amount of oxygen available for your fish in the water. And if there’s less oxygen in there, that means it is only a matter of time until all your fish die. So the quicker you clean the pond, the higher the chances of your fish surviving.
While it is important to kill the algae, it is also important to keep the pH levels of water in check in order to provide a safe and pleasant habitat for your marine inhabitants. The last thing you want is to kill your fish while trying to get rid of the algae.
8 Pond Chemicals You Can Use That Are Safe :
API Pond ECOFIX Sludge Destroyer.
API Pond ECOFIX Sludge Destroyer is a combination of five natural bacteria strains which are highly effective at eliminating the dead algae that accumulates on the surface of your pond. This product is excellent in keeping the water clean and minimizes the overall maintenance of your fish pond.
We recommend that you use this product once every two weeks. The ECOFIX Sludge Destroyer does not require any filtration system to give you the crystal clear water that everyone loves.
API Pond ALGAEFIX Algae Control Solution
The API Pond ALGAEFIX Algae Control Solution will give you visible results in just 24 hours. The best part about using this chemical is that you only have to use it once a week to ensure that there is no algae growth in your pond.
This is a popular product and is well known to be highly effective in suspending the growth of algae whilst keeping the fish safe.
API Pond-Zyme Sludge Destroyer Pond Cleaner
The API Pond-Zyme Sludge Destroyer Pond Cleaner not only keeps your pond safe from algae, it also breaks down all the debris like leaves, rocks, etc. that fall in the pond that are harmful for your fish.
While this is a very effective chemical you can use, you need to make sure that you are using the right amount to avoid messing with the pH level of the water or harming the fish. Make sure you refer to the quantities they recommend on the packaging to get that crystal clear water.
Crystal Blue Natural Pond Cleaner
If your pond is in an area where there’s always a lot of leaves falling into it or there’s just a lot of outside organic matter getting in the water, then the Crystal Blue pond cleaner is for you. This chemical will breakdown all the dead leaves and any other foreign organic matter that is harmful for your fish leaving only the crystal clear water and whatever food you feed them.
PondWorx Pond Bacteria
PondWorx Pond Bacteria is one of the most effective and one of the cheapest pond cleaning chemicals out there. It is known for getting rid of that unpleasant odour that comes from ponds that haven’t been cleaned in a long time.
Not just that, you can also use it as a deterrent for any predators nearby that might threaten your fish.
This product is also highly affordable and is proven to be extremely effective in clearing up murky water.
KoiWorx Muck Reducer Dry Beneficial Bacteria
This chemical is famous for how reliable it is at cleaning out the pond water. And the main reason for its reliability is how safe it is for all kinds of fish breeds out there. Most pond chemicals are really good at cleaning the water but they also negatively affect some fish breeds. In some cases they end up killing the fish as well.
This chemical doesn’t do that.
Just one jar of KoiWorx Much Reducer will work for up to 6,000 gallons of pond water.
TetraPond Sludge Reducer, Water Treatment
The TetraPond Sludge Reducer is a unique product because it makes it extremely easy for you to measure how much of it you need to use.
Unlike other chemicals that come in liquid form, this one comes in blocks. And for every 250 gallons of water, you use one block of TetraPond Sludge Reducer.
This product is abundant in beneficial bacteria and enzymes that disintegrate the unattractive wastes accumulating and piling up at the bottom of the pond.
This chemical is also know for how safe it is for most fish breeds out there.
Healthy Ponds 51116 Aquasphere Pro
If you are someone who likes to be proactive about pond maintenance (and everyone should be to have a good looking pond), then the Healthy Ponds 51116 is the chemical for you.
You see, all the chemicals I mentioned in this list are used for cleaning out the ponds AFTER they have been covered with algae or after they have a lot of dead leaves and other bacteria in it.
But if you use this chemical, you avoid all of that altogether.
And the best part is that you don’t have to put in a lot of effort to use it. You just use this like any other chemical at regular intervals and you’re all set.
It will take care of excess ammonia, sludge, pH levels, algae, etc. You name it, it will take care of it.
I recommend that once you get your pond cleaned out by using the other chemicals in this list, you can start using this Healthy Ponds chemical to maintain the pond to make sure that it doesn’t get back to that state again.
You can also add fountains, pumps, and other aeration concepts seen at Living Water Aeration to make sure the water is constantly moving to lead to fewer algae growth.
Conclusion
We all love ponds. It gives your fish a feeling of the endless ocean while being sure that they aren’t going to get eaten by a bigger fish. And they also don’t have to hunt for food because you take care of that for them.
And while ponds do increase the aesthetic value of a place, you also need to make sure that you are maintaining it properly to avoid any disasters.
The list of chemicals I talked about above helps you do that.
