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Also consider buying a smelt dipping net from Bass Pro or Cabelas to remove floating pond stuff. A 1/8 ac is not big and can be relatively easily pumped dry and get some one with a long reach track hoe to dip out all the sludge that is the main problem. Propose to the house owner to give you a cost reduction of the rent it you manage the project. Pond clean up benefits them the most by making the property much more valuable.

Killing all the plant growth does nothing for removing the cause of all the growth - annual accumulated nutrients that get recycled. Duckweed and moss are big signals that the pond is over enriched with organics and nutrients and on a downward spiral of the natural pond aging process - aquatic succession. Clean out rejuvenates the pond ecosystem.