Find the pond
Type the address, then click the exact one from the list. That drops the photo on that spot.
Trace the shoreline
This is separate from the search. Tap the button, then tap each corner of the water. The outline is what sizes the dose.
Tap Begin tracing, then tap each corner of the water. Or skip this and type the acres below.
Type the surface acres to skip tracing. You still need the depth. A finished trace is used instead of this number.
A few questions
Pick the state. If a product cannot be used there, the plan swaps it or leaves it off and says why.
Algae
Submerged Weeds
On the bank/emerged weeds
If the pond is already dyed, skip dye on the first treatment. Keep dye on the maintenance dose.
Name what you are treating
A blank stops the plan and lists what is missing. Mark Unsure if you do not know. Unsure gives the mix, not a pond total.
Searching an address fills this in. Sanco does not ship every EPA product to every state. Dye and Natural Pond Cleaner are not restricted.
Required, or mark Unsure. Unsure gives the label mix, not a gallon total. Take several soundings and average them when you can.
No dye uses the full rate, 1 gallon per surface acre at 4–6 feet. The color has faded: start at half that rate. Color still looks right: use a quarter of that rate to hold the color. Already at the full dose: skip dye on the first treatment, then use a quarter later. Sapphire Blue Pond Dye is Crystal Blue Pond Dye mixed with Blackout Pond Dye.
Check every kind you see. One percent covers all of the algae. The plan names each one on the product.
Leave this blank to use 50% of the pond for filamentous mats, planktonic algae, and unidentified algae. A number you type replaces that.
Submerged weeds
Check every one in the water. One percent covers all of them. Use Not sure only if it does not match a photo.
Leave this blank to figure duckweed on 50% of the pond. If another underwater weed is checked, type its percent or mark Unsure.
Emerged and shoreline
Check every plant on the bank or growing out of the water. One square-footage number covers all of them. Use Not sure only if it does not match a photo.
One number for all of the plants on the shore. Unsure gives the mix per gallon, not a measured area.
Leave both at 0 if there is no muck. If there is muck, fill both. Unsure gives 1 box per 125 sq ft and no box count.
Follow-up and maintenance
This starts 3–4 weeks after the first treatment. Use the dye and Natural Pond Cleaner. If copper growth is still there, treat it again at the label rate. Not sooner than 14 days. Choose the copper product you have on hand: Copper Sulfate Smart Crystals or Crystal Plex Algaecide.
Copper Sulfate Smart Crystals are another full treatment of the growth that is still there, at 0.3 lb per 2,500 sq ft, half the pond, and not sooner than 14 days. Do not add Plex Mate. Crystal Plex Algaecide stays off the follow-up for koi, goldfish, trout, and ponds under a tenth of an acre.
Important information
Over-treating, or not following the label, can kill fish. A large kill of weeds or algae decays and uses up the oxygen in the water, and the fish can suffocate even when the product itself is not what harms them. Treat only part of the pond at a time and wait before the rest. Sanco Industries is not liable for any loss that results from off-label use.