JHAP,

I think you are right about the It all depends deal. Although bateria products are not cheep either. And if you don't follow the instructions like they say and do everything you can do to help that bateria thrive you may end up with results you may not like. I think that's one reason why you get so many different answers.

For example one guy has great success with "said" product and another guy has no or little success, but the first guy was using air in his pond 12 hours a night and the other guy wasn't using air at all. Or he wasn't using enough product cause it was to expensive so he thought he would ration it out a bit more. Or he only used it for one year and did really give it a chance.

So far its been working for me, but I am doing everything they say to do to get the best result. I have even started dragging my anchor some when I am in the boat to help stir things up. I think that helps also. Once again though I don't have a 3 acre pond to treat either. Just a 1 acre so its not near as costly. The bacteria is not cheep that's for sure but I think if used correctly it does have some merit.

The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!