Algae & Aquatic Weed Control Services

Excessive aquatic plant and algae growth is one of the most frequent and frustrating problems encountered by lake and pond property owners throughout the country. Aquatic Biologists, Inc. offers an extensive variety of products, equipment, herbicides, and algaecides designed to treat and/or control nuisance aquatic plants and algae. We encourage our clients to direct their lake and pond management plans at identifying the cause of their nuisance issues, preventing nutrient loading and reducing organic accumulation. If your pond requires treatment, more than 3 times a season please call for other preventative maintenance options.

Lake and pond spraying is available upon request throughout Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Northwestern Iowa, Western Minnesota and Upper Michigan. Our commercial applicators are trained, degreed, licensed, certified, and insured. Contact ABI to schedule an appointment or consultation.

Aquatic Biologists, Inc. carries only EPA registered herbicides and algaecides. On average, each of the products we carry has gone through 10 years of research to determine its toxicity level to humans, fish, wildlife, and the environment before being approved by the EPA. It is very important to only use products that are registered for use in ponds & lakes to control weeds and algae. Products that are not registered for aquatic use (such as Roundup) have been known to cause fish kills, disrupt the ecological balance of the water body, kill trees on the shoreline, trigger mutations to fish, amphibians, and/or other wildlife and may even have harmful effects on humans.

Herbicide applications are planned according to nuisance plant conditions, the wishes of the property owners through their representatives, and according to specifications set by local, state and federal government entities.

Posting

On the day of the treatment ABI will post water use restriction signs along the shore of the water body. These signs inform the homeowners of the herbicides and/or algaecides being used and water use restrictions when and if they apply.

Treatment

We use Jon Boats, ATV's, and other vehicles equipped with the most effective application equipment available for all treatments. ABI applies liquid herbicides to the waters surface and via sub-surface injection using high-pressure pumps and metering systems. Granular products spread using our Tanaka Granular Herbicide Blowers ensure even distribution over the surface of the lake. 

All Aquatic Biologists, Inc. employees who perform treatments are certified by the state they are performing the application in. All treatments are performed under the supervision and direction of one or more of ABI's biologists.

Insured

Unlike many other companies which perform chemical applications, Aquatic Biologists, Inc. is fully insured.