MICROBE-LIFT Eco Labs MLXSAG4 Liquid Sludge Away Gallon,Brown/A

Have used for years to open my ponds - never found a better product for spring cleanup and loading the filters in the spring. Gallon size offers a 25% discount and my ponds needed the whole bottle. Highly recommend to clean up sludge, debris and hard to clean rock bottoms.

Best product I've used for sludge decomposition, and I've tried several. My pond would get murky and I would change out the water every couple of weeks during the warm months (1000 gallons) because the stuff I was using before just wasn't cutting it and I wanted clear water. I discovered this product and started to see a clear difference within a couple of days. I noticed that my ammonia levels have gone up slightly, which makes sense since this is accelerating decomposition to levels that my pond bacteria are not used to yet. To compensate and aid the process, I am using an ammonia remover/neutralizer in the interim (I assume this is just a temporary condition until the sludge build up is fully digested - there is a lot). As an added benefit, my pond rocks and lights were always covered with algae, and the algae is now disappearing (my pond gets full sun). I am seeing the beautiful hues of gold in the rocks come back and my pond lights are brightening as the algae covering the lenses is going away. I had tried an algae killer in the past, which I stopped using because it spiked the PH putting stress on my fish. This stuff does not affect PH, and is basically eating everything organic in the pond so I am left with just clear water and happy fish. My filters are collecting less goo and sludge too, since there is less to filter out. I have 15 koi in a 1,000 pond; several of which are quite large. My pond is over stocked for the size, but this stuff will enable me to hoard koi and keep it healthy at the same time! I was constantly changing out the water, and using a pond vacuum to get the sludge out of all the rocks (with little success) and then having to replace the salt each time. I have not had to change out the water since starting to use this stuff and it's been a month.

Huge bang for the buck! I have a 3k gal. Pond and have for 25 years. Ive struggled from time to time and some years getting crystal clear water. After 1 summer i must say...dont mess with the expensive beneficial bacteria any more. This bacteria is on steroids. Its essentially for larger ponds and sludge problems. If you have a small pond and not a good filtration system then you should definatly start using this. All the claims are true. I use 8 oz mixed with a bucket of pond water and throw it in every week or two. The bottom is super clean. * A clean pond means not much for the algie to feed on and grow! My ( 2) 45 gal sediment filter tanks with media also required only 3 cleanings over a 6 month season. (ITS USUALLY 5 OR 6) I also use an inexpensive 24" UV filter that i run for a few month from spring to mid summer...And that just really makes the pond shine. The fish also seem to like when i throw it in weirdly enough. Believe me-- I wish i had tried this product decades ago.

I’ve dealt with Pets & Ponds for years now, excellent retailer. Pleasantly surprised as the delivery this time way ahead of schedule. The product works great, really helps to take care of the leaf debris from the year before.

I have a big fountain. I tried putting small amount of this product, then more and finally lots of this product. There is always more and more algae. Totally useless for me and WOW that's expensive.