Aquacide Blog — Pond Muck
Pond Muck Removal: 3 Methods that Help
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Get the Muck Out! 3 helpful methods Is your pond muck out of control? Is it time for a pond cleaning, but you just can’t figure out how to accomplish it? Often times pond muck and lake sediment are the result of millions of tiny clay particles that are in a “colloidal suspension”. How can you tell if your pond has colloidal clay particle suspension from rain and runoff, or if you have dead organic vegetation built up over years. Step 1. Fill a 5 gallon bucket with water from your pond or lake. Step 2. Place a cloth (an old t-shirt works well) as...
How to Get Rid of Pond Muck?
Pond muck is considered to be the accumulation of all kinds of wasteful substances such as fish waste, decaying plants as well as other organic materials which end up accumulating at the very bottom of the pond. Over time, this sludge can build up into inches or even feet and become thicker and denser, thereby becoming a home for all kinds of leeches and worms as well as a smelly dirty place to swim. Muck also includes the accumulation of materials such as leaves and branches of trees, clippings of the grass, dead and decaying aquatic weeds, fertilizers as well...
How to Clean a Pond: Multiple Options to Remove Muck and Clay Particulates (Updated)
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How to Clean a Pond: 3 Cures for Muddy Water & Muck Removal
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Pond Cleaning is very important for the overall health of your pond. Pond water needs to be clear for good production of fish. Clear ponds produce several times the amount of fish than turbid ponds. , after pond cleaning, clear ponds are much more fun to swim in! Most ponds become muddy after heavy rain, runoff, when ponds turn over or from excess decayed vegetation. Normally, silt or decay should settle out within one week’s time. Water clarity is normally 1 foot or more during most of the year. Fish production will be decreased in water with less than 1 foot visibility....
AquaClear Pellets to Rid the "Muck" from the Pond
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A customer recently contacted us regarding reducing the large amount of muck in his pond. Below is his question and our response. Question: Hi…we have a 1/8 acre pond, about 5-6 feet deep on average, clean and swimmable but with about a foot of organic muck/sludge on the bottom (from 20 years of leaves, and other organic matter largely). What would you recommend as a starting dose, and how long do you think it would take before we see results. We were considering having the bottom dredged, but do you think your product could get as clean or nearly as...