API POND ALGAEFIX Algae Control 1-Gallon Bottle

Works better than any other product I've tried to control various forms of algae in a 3000 gallon pond. Water gets and stays clearer than I've seen it previously when using other algae control products. I don't have any fish to be concerned about but it hasn't harmed any of the water lilies or other pond plants. Only downside is for me it can be a bit expensive if I use as much as the directions say every week, so I'll often stretch out the applications to a lesser frequent schedule and I've found a frequency that works well for my situation.

Good to control algea

Helped clear my pond

This stuff is fantastic. I have a 7,000 gallon koi pond with 22 koi ranging from 12" to 30" in length. Average is 20". I'm a heavy feeder, I also feed twice per day. The pond is in full sunlight and circulates 8,000 gallons per hour via a 100' long 3' wide river with a 3' wide waterfall. What does all that mean. It means the water get's plenty of oxygen and sunlight and therefore grows green algae by the ton! The normal water color for the past 7 years has been pea green! I have lots of filtration, a huge UV filter and I've used hundreds of dollars of good bacteria. NOTHING kept the algae out for the past 7 years. ----> this year I decided to try a chemical to clear the water or get rid of the pond. I read everything I could find and decided this was the best chemical “experiment”: " poly oxyethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene dichloride ". This chemical is packaged under several different names and a concentrated version can be purchased at swimming pool suppliers. (concentrated is 20%, much thicker, more like syrup) The chemical kills algae AND causes it to clump and float to the surface as foam. It will clog your pond filter in a blink because of the clumped foam dead algae. Be prepared to clean the filter often. The chemical is "consumed" as it kills algae and my water was so green I added 7 times the dosage over a period of 3 weeks. The color tuned from pea green to a gray green slowly. I had to clean the filter every couple of days for about a month. ===>>> the water is now crystal clear. I now add about 3 ounces every 2 weeks and the water stays crystal clear. Every time I add there's a little foam on the surface, the filter clogs up within 48 hours, I clean it about 60%, not 100%, and I'm good for another 2 weeks. I'm very pleased with the results, ===>> How did the fish and plants do? It never phased them one bit. Not one bit. They didn't come up gulping for oxygen, it didn't faze any of the many frogs or billions of snails that inhabit the river, NONE of the lilies or water lettuce or other plants were affected in any way. I don’t have any experience with other fish other than koi. This is the chemical, sold under several different names: " poly oxyethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene(dimethyliminio)ethylene dichloride " The dosage will vary by vendor depending on the concentration. The 3oz per 7000 gallons every two weeks I use is a 20% concentration I purchased at a swimming pool supply store sold under a different brand name. I have tried three different brands of this chemical (including this one) and they all work exactly the same. The only difference is the dosage which varies based on the concentration, ranging from 4% to 20%. Attached, 2 pictures, before and 45 days later, after.

My outdoor, 800 gallon waterfall was beset with green hair algae. The algae was coating the entire perimeter of the pond and even was growing over the falls like an octopus. Treated every 3 days for 2 months with the recommended volume of Algaefix and the carpet of green hair algae disappeared. Now treating once/week. The pond is stocked with mosquito fish and they survived with no issues. In fact, started out with 6 fish a year ago and have about 10 times that amount now, so they don't appear impacted. Image is after treatment.