Bacteria and chemicals are less labor intensive. Remember, time is money, so a pond consulting company will usually take the least time consuming method of control, unless you are willing to pay for their time spent on the pond. It's not only the actual time spent on the pond, but travel and office time too.

Properly applied, proper use of chemicals should have no effect on non-target organisms.

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