Aquafix developed PondZilla using the most recent in enzyme technologies to degrade 30-60% of pond muck at 1/10th the price of physical cleaning*. Pondzilla helps control algae and degrade muck and sludge in lakes and ponds by activating the muck layer and stimulating bacterial activity. It contains surface-activating agents, which liberate pond muck and let the lively ingredients to pace up nature’s normal decomposition cycle. It performs especially nicely in ponds with filamentous difficulties. PondZilla could be used to avoid algae alone or blended with algaecides and herbicides for tank apps. When employed as an adjunct, PondZilla may be diluted approximately 10:1. In case the difficulty is really poor, then we advise that PondZilla, utilised being an adjunct, be diluted no more than 3:1. PondZilla has long been verified to mix with items like diquat, Hyrothol™ and Cutraine™. When used as directed, it will not do harm to aquatic species or people. PondZilla does not contain bacteria,Office Enterprise 2007, but instead features key catalysts and biostimulants, which break down unwanted organic matter. If you wish to use PondZilla to treat algae without an algaecide or herbicide, please call us so that we can identify the algae and custom mix the PondZilla for you, or tell you what has worked in the past to treat pond problems similar to yours. Benefits of PondZilla 100: Restores nature’s balance in a lake or pond. Breaks up floating scum. Functions harmoniously with naturally occurring bacteria. Actually stimulates them! Will help to clean up the water column. Easy and safe to use. Breaks down organics into simple sugars which are quickly digested by bacteria. Aesthetically improves the appearance of your lake or pond. PondZilla is very effective, when used being an adjunct to an algaecide or herbacide*, at controlling filmantous bacteria in ponds such as cladophora. We have worked with the following types of green, filamentous algae: Cladaphora: freshwater algae that grow on submerged rocks, logs and other hard surfaces. Research has linked cladaphora blooms to high phosphorus levels resulting from fertilizing lawns, poorly maintained septic systems, inadequate sewage treatment, agricultural runoff, and detergents containing phosphorus. Spirogyra: freshwater algae that are usually found free-floating in shallow ponds, ditches, and among vegetation at the edges of lakes.   Scenedesmus: colonial, non-motile algae. Tribonema: simple freshwater yellow-green algae that form bright green growths in fresh water. Tribonema are common in cold water, in the early part of the year. They often are found in bog pools with large quantities of bird droppings. Tribonema have unbranched filaments composed of a single row of long, cylindrical cells with thick walls made of primarily celluose and comprised of open-ended double cylinders that overlap to enclose the cell contents. With each division, a new cell wall piece, creating an H shape, similar to Microspora. Micratinium pusillum: algae found on submerged surfaces in slight to medium nutrient-rich aquatic habitats such as ponds, slow-flowing rivers, ditches, moats, and reservoirs, particularly in the British Isles.   Chlorella: algae found in fresh-water ponds containing large amounts of chlorophyll.   Oscillatoria: freshwater algae named for the oscillation in their movement. These algae are commonly found in stagnant water such as watering-troughs waters, and are mainly blue-green or brown-green. During the peak of summer when water temperatures reach 22 °C and higher, we start getting calls about Oscillatoria in the water column. Oscillatoria is visibly spotted by a green mat growing on the bottom of the pond. On sunny days it will float as much as the surface area and suddenly a nice pond has 2-3 inch thick greenish-brown mat floating across the entire surface area. Oscillatoria fixates the nutrients in the water column and grows along the bottom until photosynthesis drives it on a sunny day and raises it to the surface. Oscillatoria can combine with many types of algae like chara and form a dense mat. If a pond has a waterfall, Oscillatoria will often cause the waterfall to foam. Oscillatoria produces a lot of polysaccharides, which cause the foam. Oscillatoria is a shade-tolerant species like Cylindro or Planktothrix. It is self-shading, which blocks out other less shade-tolerant species. Oscillatoria fixates nitrogen, so are most likely phosphorous and possibly iron limiting. Oscillatoria Control In our lab we have focused our current efforts on learning how to grow this species. To learn how to management it, we must first learn how to grow it. We have found nothing that will stop the Oscillatoria spore from growing. Copper does not help, diquat and hydrothol can only slow,Microsoft Office 2010 Key, and putting dye in the pond also does not help.What we have found effective is floating it with Green Clean or sodium percarbonate. Then we degrade it with PondZilla to clean up the water. If our MD pellets are added when the water temperature is below 20 °C it will slow the Oscillatoria down as the water temperature warms.   Pithophora: more commonly known as thread algae or horse hair algae, pithophora form coarse bunches of tangled filaments on the bottom of a pond or a dense mat floating on the water’s surface area. These algae flourish with excess micro-nutrients like iron.   Chara: also known as muskgrass or skunkweed,Office 2007 Professional, these algae are commonly found attached to rhizoids at the bottom of lakes and ponds where calcium is abundant as carbonate or bicarbonates. Chara can resemble a coarse,Office 2010, matted tangle of plants, carpeting a lake or pond floor. Lyngbya: also called black mat algae, is a genus of cyanobacteria that forms long, non-branching filaments inside a rigid mucilage sheath. Sheaths may form tangles or stringy mats of entagled filamets, intermixed with other phytoplankton species. Oxygen trapped in the mats causes them to rise to the surface, reducing sunlight penetration and degrading water quality. Lyngbya growth is triggered by excessive nutrients, which they hoard,Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, preventing the nutrients from being utilized by a pond's food chain. A musty or fecal odor around a body of water can result from Lyngbya year-round. Read far more about black mat algae impacting fish health. Nitella: far more commonly known as stonewart, nitella algae can also resemble submerged plants. Unlike chara, nitella are soft.   Chlamydomonas: highly adaptable, found in soil, fresh water, oceans, and even in snow on mountaintops. Microcystis Aeruginosa: a species of harmful blooming, blue-green algae known as cyanobacteria. Microcystis Aeruginosa are colonial--cells form colonies that then float near the water's surface. This algae is often found in nutrient-dense or low-salinity freshwater, typically in July and August. We have found if we mix low levels of cutraine with PondZilla we can get a nice solution to this problem. Spike Rush Eleocharis is a genus of 250 or much more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as spike rushes. Many spike rushes are obligate aquatic species,Office 2010 Professional Powered by WordPress Niall Kennedy, which usually have submerged, branching stems and often exhibit interesting photosynthetic adaptations, such as the ability to switch between C3 and C4 types of photosynthesis in response to different environmental stimuli, making them that much harder to handle. Spike rush, growing along the shoreline, is a common nuisance in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Physical management is difficult because spike rush can reestablish from seeds or remaining rhizomes. Some of our customers use PondZilla 100 to treat spike rush. A licensed applicator can mix it with diquat, and it may be used as an adjunct to treat spike rush, as nicely as bladderwort. *While bacterial products cannot kill aquatic plant growth, when utilized with algaecides or herbicides, they can help restore organic balance. Testimonials “We had spirogyra in our 3 acre pond, its grows out about ten feet from shores and because we are a State Park people come to fish and their lures get tangled up. We have tried numerous things with no success. This year we combined a gallon Cutraine and a gallon PondZilla and the first week we thought maybe it was doing something but we could not be sure. The second week the Spirogyra was gone. We now add the VitaStim 6000 once per week and the ponds like very nice.” - Elmer S., Illinois State Park