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This is a situation that pond owners run into again and again-I use Dan as an example.

Dan loves the pond on his property, he loves to watch the fish swimming around, frogs jumping into the water from the shore and the birds fly and rest.

With the best interests of your pond in mind, and with the hope of getting rid of some excess of algae, which contracts with a "raft company" management of your pond.

When the company reaches its first treatment ',' Dan comes out and is surprised to see what he sees and two men wearing protective clothing, gloves and a mask of navigating a vessel around the lake, the spraying of a deep blue liquid natural not the entire surface.

When Dan asked about what they are spraying, respond with "copper sulfate, a chemical algaecide. Worried about your pond and the wildlife that lives in it, Dan asks if it is safe, prompting the company pond to respond, "uhh sure, it's perfectly safe …"

Dan then asks the next logical question, then why two special costumes? "

Meetings like this are national leaders pond owners to stop using chemicals rough as algaecides to manage your pond. Like Dan, they are gaining the awareness that chemical treatments are not really "try" to all who – is really devastating natural ecosystem of your pond.

This is just one of many reasons why owners algaecide pond are avoiding:

1. Algaecides Cost you a lot of money:

Algaecides themselves are expensive, costing 80% more than insurance, environmental alternatives. Not only are expensive, but many states also require algaecides to be applied by a technician license due they are so dangerous.

Thus, in addition to paying for expensive chemicals, they must also pay a professional to apply approximately every two weeks.

Pond owners sometimes paying thousands of dollars to control algae, not knowing that cheaper, the options are environmentally friendly.

2. You can never stop using algaecides:

In order to be effective algaecide, must be in the pond in a specific concentration is difficult to maintain. Algaecides are weak as water flows in and out of the pond, and also leaching and accumulate in the soil.

If you want to keep algae prevention, we can never stop applying the chemical. Unless you use a system of easy alternative management pond, leaving the use of algaecides will lead to algal blooms much higher than you started with, because:

3. Algaecides not address the cause of algae in the pond:

The algae need nutrients to grow, just as we need food, and these nutrients are in constant flux in the pond from the surrounding environment. If you take care of these nutrients, get rid algae.

Algaecides do nothing to affect nutrients, as only treat the visible symptoms of the global problem by killing the algae itself.

The algae, in turn, it sinks to the bottom of the pond and disintegrates, releasing their nutrients fuel algae blooms even higher in the future. The more algae chemicals that kill, the most in decomposition accumulate in the pond, sometimes leading to the need for dredging (removing sludge) in an enormous expense.

4. Algaecides are extremely toxic to your health:

Copper sulfate is readily absorbed through the skin, and has been classified by EPA as being toxicity class I – highly toxic requiring signal words "DANGER – POISON" in its container.

According to the Extension Toxicology Network, accidental ingestion only gram quantities of copper sulphate can lead to some very unpleasant effects (and deadly).

Have chemicals sprayed on your property is a completely unnecessary risk.

5. Both algaecides damage around the pond and Environment:

Algaecides alter the natural balance of the body of water: phytoplankton, the basis of food chain are significantly reduced and no longer support aquatic life small sediment-dwelling insects are killed by poison accumulation and plant which serves as food for fish and fish habitat, are murdered by the interruption of photosynthesis algaecide.

After your pond ecosystem has been weakened, the highly water-soluble algaecide is empty during the rain event, becoming a danger to the intermediate bodies.

This can sometimes be the stress and lethal to many types of fish, and can adversely affect animals that drink the water bioaccumulating in your heart, liver, brain, kidneys and muscles.

These dire consequences are the major government agencies to consider the prohibition of the use of algaecides.

The city of Naples, Florida has banned copper sulfate as heavily pollutes the Bay of Naples, and the European Union has considered banning its use because it is "compatible with the sustainability of ecosystems."

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About the Author:

Braden Galbreath-O’Leary is a pond management expert for Triplepoint Water Technologies, based outside of Chicago, IL. He and his colleagues are committed to providing efficient, sustainable, and environmental solutions to the water and waste wastewater industries.

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