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Natural Lake Biosciences Pond Rx

Applicators can kill pretty much any aquatic plant.

Cleaning it up and slowing its return is the challenge.

Working with applicators we have developed safe solutions for:

Alligator weed

Alligator-weed

Tank mix CattZilla + aquatic herbicide.
Follow treatment with MD Pellets.

Euglena

Euglena-red

Apply MD Pellets and/or recommended Temperature Driven Solution after chelated copper.**
Repeat MD Pellets applications.
Treat when green in color.

Aphanizomenon

Aphanizomenon

Ensure adequate aeration.
Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide.*
Follow with Water Column Clarifier and MD Pellets or Summer Slam.

Bladderwort

Bladderwort

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide.
Add AquaSticker for improved results.

California pondweed

California-pondweed

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide.

Cattails

Cattails

Tank mix CattZilla + aquatic herbicide.

Chara

Chara

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide.

Chlorella (pea soup)

Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide.
Follow with Water Column Clarifier.

Cladophora

Cladophora

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + chelated copper + diquat.
Follow with preferred probiotic.

Image courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey.

Curly Leaf Pondweed

curly-leaf-pondweed

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide.
Follow with MD Pellets.

Diatoms

Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide.*
Follow with Water Column Clarifier.

Dolichospermum (Anabaena)

Anabaena-dolichospermum

Ensure adequate aeration.
Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide.*
Follow with Water Column Clarifier or MD Pellets.

Fish Kills

fish-kills

Tank mix Polar Blend or Summer Slam.
Follow with MD Pellets.

Floating tussocks

Tussocks

Apply PondZilla Pro and MD Pellets.
Repeat until dissolved.

Green planktonic algae

Green Paint Planktonic Algae

Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide.
Follow with Water Column Clarifier.

Hydrilla

Hydrilla

Tank mix PondZilla + aquatic herbicide
Follow treatment with recommended T.D.S.

Hydrodictyon

Hydrodictyon

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + chelated copper + flumioxazin
Follow with MD Pellets or Water Column Clarifier

Hygrophila

Hygrophila

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide
Repeat PondZilla Pro application
Follow with MD Pellets

Leaves, debris, and pollen

leaves-pollen-debris

Tank Mix PondZilla Pro

Lyngbya

Lyngbya

Tank mix AquaSticker + endothall aquatic herbicide and / or chelated copper
To avoid the danger of fish kills, only use mix only on the edges

Mangrove leaves

Mangrove leaves

Degrade the dead leaves with Summer Slam.

Muck

Apply MD Pellets
Repeat until dissolved

Oedogonium

Oedogonium

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + chelated copper + diquat
Follow with preferred probiotic

Oscillatoria

Oscillatoria

Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide*

Parrot feather

Parrot-feather

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide

Pithophora

Pithophora

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + chelated copper + diquat
Apply MD Pellets over treated area
Repeat applications until dissolved

Planktothrix

Ensure adequate aeration
Tank mix AquaSticker + algaecide *
Follow with Water Column Clarifier or MD Pellets

Sedge

Sedge

Tank mix CattZilla + aquatic herbicide

Southern naiad

Bushy-pondweed-southern-naiad

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + aquatic herbicide

Spikerush

Tank mix AquaSticker + aquatic herbicide
Follow with MD Pellets

Spirogyra

Tank mix PondZilla Pro + chelated copper
Follow with preferred probiotic

Torpedo grass

Torpedo-grass

Tank mix CattZilla + aquatic herbicide
Follow with MD Pellets

Water lilies

Tank mix AquaSticker + aquatic herbicide

Widgeon Grass

widgeon-grass

Tank mix PondZilla + aquatic herbicide
Add AquaSticker to tank mix for improved results

* When using a peroxide based algaecide, apply algaecide initially and follow the application with AquaSticker. Do not mix together in the same tank.
** It is recommended to only treat the Euglena when it is green in color.

Table of Treatments

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