SummitClear-Water Barley Straw Pond Treatment, 2-Pack, Treats upto 2000 Gallons, 1000 Gallons per Bale

If you have a pond this is your answer to keeping it clear without harmful chemicals. I used it in ,y frog pond and it cleared up within 3 weeks. Super great product! I highly recommend.

Amazing product. Larger size than anticipated. I put it under my pond second tier water fall, I was amazed next day my water was crystal clear. I didn’t expect such immediate results. I keep my pond fairly clean but this took it to next level of clarity. Will definitely continue on using this. I am sure will reduce the frequency of my filter cleaning👍🏻

These really work well. I wouldn’t say they last 6 months. I do wish they had a stronger netting with smaller holes. My mischievous ducks chew right through. So I have to go to an alternative method. It sank rather quickly. So I’d have to take it out and dry it for a day or two and alternate .Well that’s what the directions say to do. It’s possible I just have devil ducks but that’s my experience. They do work really well

This works great in my Koi pond

Doesn't do anything. Just sinks. Even after letting it dry out

I’m impressed at how well this worked! I had back and forth expectations about this Barley Straw treatment. From reviews, to videos, to articles, my expectations varied. Because, people said it worked, people said it didn’t work, people also said it kind of did and didn’t work! WELL, it worked very well for us!!Our pond is a preformed 50gallon from Menards. It’s has an upper level that’s about 6-8 ins under water and lower level that is about 15in +/- under water. We could barely see the bottom of the upper level. And nothing in the 15in area. Algae was so bad because of the sun and heat that I had to find a solution. A safe solution! I didn’t want to use an algicide, because I tired it and it killed our fish, and I heard plenty of other horror stories of people loosing their fish when using that sort of water treatment.So, to start off, I emptied the pond 80-90%. Filled it with new water, which helped clear is up. Let’s say it went from 90% algae to about 20%. I didn’t have the barley straw yet, so this was just a temporary solution to our problem. Algae came back, but was only about 50-60%. I added the barley straw, kept a small umbrella over the pond for the first week (just to avoid any more growth), and hoped for the best. To my surprise and astonishment, the pond is basically crystal clear! At about 10%. All clear except for a healthy amount of algae and other debris in the water (plant, sand, dirt, fish waste, etc)From what I read, it should have taken at least 2 weeks to a month for this to work, but, it worked in 7 days! I cut the barley stray bald in two, because we didn’t need the whole bale for our pond. I laced the opening tight with fishing string, and strung it up next to/under the waterfall, which is why I think it started working quickly. The algae running through the pump and over the waterfall not only filtered through the straw, it started decomposing faster. I removed the umbrella and believe the algae will stay away.Take your time, use shade to prevent more algae build up so the barley straw can work it’s magic!

They just sink and do don’t anything at all. Sank the first time. Flowed instructions to take them out and let them dry. Put em back in, sank again within 2 days. Decided to give the barley extract a try instead of these dumb things. See how that goes. Luckily it was only $10 so not like it’s hurting that much but very irritating

Very convenient and did a good job. Helped to clear the water up.