For 8 years we have used the pond keeper blue lake dye and this year our provider went out business. We buy a large quantity each year so we would like to contact the manufacturer but have been unable to find contact info to do so. After reading your forum it seems like maybe you could help us get in contact with them. It would be greatly appreciated! Let us know if you could be of any help! Thank you!
There was a bacteria blend for algae and muck control we used as well and added 100 pounds per year in our ponds. Is there something else we can use to have the same great results we had with the PondKeeper products?
Thanks very much. The pond’s looking good this year and I think the Pond Keeper works well, especially when I begin it early in the season. Our pond’s 3 years old now and we have some plants growing up from the bottom and reaching the surface in some spots, which we’ve been pulling out by hand.
The pouches of pondkeeper with barley straw are a good product, we have lots of clients who use it. Once aeration is in your pond you can start with a 5 pound shock of the pondkeeper with barley extract and then go to 2 to 4 pounds per month.
The other products you mentioned also work well. You could get the aeration system working and see how the pond reacts before adding any bacterial products if you wish. Otherwise the pondkeeper packets with the barley extract are great for getting things going right away and will help reduce organic muck accumulation as well.
I personally liked to use the liquid as well as I feel it mixes in my pond a bit better than the dry but with the dry bacteria I would pre-mix with some water before applying.
With the liquid I dump a gallon over my aeration bubbles over the diffuser and the liquid goes everywhere. I use the dry for the maintenance during the season and add maintenance doses as required. I use the liquid pondkeeper for semi-annual treatments just to give a big boost to my pond as I can’t stand green water!
If you have any advice regarding weeds, let me know! I would like to keep using the PondKeeper product if they still make it!