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And all I can say is wow, what a difference. Before I had a lot of excess nutrients and lots of suspended particulate matter, and a good buildup of organics from over the years. At most the most visibility in water clarity was perhaps 2 feet and thatw ould be when the water cooled down inthe winter months. I now have better than 10 feet visibility and can see the pond bottom in areas I have not seen since it was still a dry hole in the ground many many years ago. Virtually all of the builtup organics and other unwanted stuff has been oxidized, and it took about a week for everything to start to settle out. All I can say is I wished I had done this sooner, and do plan on doseing the pond at least every year or two from here on out. Just as soon as the winter season and all its rains is over, I'll dye it blue again, to keep down any algae growth, but then again I may dye it with the Lock Ness Black dye this year and see what it looks like. It makes the ponds surface look like a mirrow.........not really a black color, but it does give a lot more color to the pond and prevents algae and submerged plant growth better than the typical blue dyes do.
Potasium Permanganate is pretty neat stuff. Pond turned a dark purple and then chnged to a pink color, and after about 6 hours or so it started to foam and turn a muddy red brown color....... It got to the point that m y submerged lights that are 2 feet under the water in some areas were no longer visible, and these lights are 100 watt quartz halogen lights, which are pretty darn bright. The next morning when I looked at it I thought I had really screwed up big time as the pond was a real mess. Full of heavy floating brownish colored foam and crud. Looked like a large septic tank. Then over a period of time it started to settle out, and clear, and has become awesome in just one week. Once the organics are oxidized they are inert, and will not feed or support any further growth of fungus, pathogens and other unwanted life forms. If you have a natural pond thats nasty and could use a good cleaning I would suggest Potassium Permanganate, but readup on it and get familiair with it before you dose it. Your resulting pond will be awesome in the end. I can see the lights underwater and fish in the vicinity from the house now at night......its so clean and clear.
Potasium Permanganate is pretty neat stuff. Pond turned a dark purple and then chnged to a pink color, and after about 6 hours or so it started to foam and turn a muddy red brown color....... It got to the point that m y submerged lights that are 2 feet under the water in some areas were no longer visible, and these lights are 100 watt quartz halogen lights, which are pretty darn bright. The next morning when I looked at it I thought I had really screwed up big time as the pond was a real mess. Full of heavy floating brownish colored foam and crud. Looked like a large septic tank. Then over a period of time it started to settle out, and clear, and has become awesome in just one week. Once the organics are oxidized they are inert, and will not feed or support any further growth of fungus, pathogens and other unwanted life forms. If you have a natural pond thats nasty and could use a good cleaning I would suggest Potassium Permanganate, but readup on it and get familiair with it before you dose it. Your resulting pond will be awesome in the end. I can see the lights underwater and fish in the vicinity from the house now at night......its so clean and clear.