Pond Colorant: More Than Just Water Color Dye

Due to uncontrollable geographic properties, a pond’s water may become dull, cloudy, or a dirty brown. A great way to reconcile this and enhance the beauty of your pond is to use a special pond colorant designed specifically for ponds. Not only do the colorant dyes change the color your pond, but many dyes such as Sapphire Bay also have UV filtering properties.

An immense benefit of using pond dyes is that you get to see instant results. Most pond treatments take 2-4 weeks before you see results, but with pond colorants you will have instant satisfaction in a single day. Pond colorants and dyes are best used in conjunction with herbicide and algaecide products because neither will interfere with the other.

Lake Restoration’s Sapphire Bay pond dye is comparable to Aquashade. Sapphire Bay is a blend of blue and yellow dyes that work together specifically to screen or shade portions of the sunlight spectrum (red-orange and blue-violet) that are known to promote underwater weed and algae growth. Sapphire Bay is a pleasant blue-green color that will leave your pond reminiscent of tropical waters such as those seen in the Caribbean.

All dyes are food-grade, which means that they will pose no threat to wildlife (fish or otherwise) if the dyed water is consumed. This means there are no restrictions on swimming, fishing, irrigation, or livestock watering when using a pond dye.

For late season pond colorant use, you may consider Reflection Black Pond Dye. This dye will darken your pond significantly and is a great way to prepare your pond for the next season. Black dyes are also great for ponds in wooded, natural areas because they will give the pond a more pure and reflective quality.

Pond dyes add beauty to your water feature as well as filter the sunlight and shade the pond. They come in many colors, so it is up to you to choose what you like best.