Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat What your take on this?

I would have to be skeptical. Seems to me that although benefical bateria may break down some of the organic materials... even they would create some by-product. So even if you get rid of some 'sludge' I doubt highly you could get rid of all of it. The more sludge the harder to get rid of most likely. Add in the fact that the bacteria may or may not survive/flourish in any given environment. It would be interesting to do an out-of-pond experiment to test the claims. Did the companies give any idea of how long the process would take or if there are any caveats?