Aquaplancton

Aquaplancton: a powder treatment for ponds and lakes

Aquaplancton is a family-run business that sells a single product of the same name, a powder applied to ponds and lakes to address muddy, murky or algae-green water. The company presents the treatment as a natural route to clearer water and describes its use for the ecological restoration of flora and fauna in lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. It has been trading for more than forty years, according to its own account.

The product is sold online in packs of 1, 2, 3 or 25 kilos. The site also offers a free brochure and a personalised quote on request, and a form for calculating the area to be treated, where depth is stated not to be important.

What the treatment is presented as clearing

The company lists the problems its powder is intended to tackle: green water, sludge, slime, odour, duckweed, blanket weed and all types of algae. It also addresses pond owners whose pumps require constant filter cleaning or replacement, and those who want to see their fish again.

On safety, the site states that Aquaplancton is used with fish and is safe for ducks, plants, pets, all forms of wildlife, and UV and biological filters. The material does not detail the composition of the powder or a mechanism of action beyond the description of the results it is marketed for.

From a discovery in France to a family company

The origin of the business is described on the site: managing director Judith Newman came across the product during a stay in France and decided to bring it to the UK and start selling it. Her son Toby built the first website, and her daughter Sara later joined the company. The company states that this began over forty years ago and that it has grown since. The same account notes that the family takes the environment seriously.

One testimonial reproduced on the site refers to collecting a first bag from a previous base in Suffolk around twenty-five years earlier, which places an earlier stage of the business in that county.

Customer feedback shown on the site

The site displays a rating of "EXCELLENT" based on 33 reviews, attributed to Google, with individual comments dated between September 2025 and August 2026. Several of those comments describe long-term use of the product over periods of twenty-five years or more, in ponds of different sizes and at different addresses, and report clear water and continued use in water butts. Others describe results after a single application or after two applications on a large pond, and one mentions a temporary milky green colour shortly after treatment, described as expected according to the instructions.

Further written testimonials are reproduced from customers in Dundee, Halesworth (Suffolk), Powys (Wales), Coventry (West Midlands), Penrith (Cumbria), Hertfordshire, Grantham (Lincolnshire) and Bilston (West Midlands), among others. They describe outcomes such as the disappearance of blanket weed and green water, the return of clear water in small garden ponds, and the presence of ornamental ducks in treated ponds without apparent harm. These are individual accounts reproduced by the company and not independent findings.

Guidance published alongside the product

The site includes a blog with articles on keeping a fish pond healthy, building a wildlife pond and controlling green pond water. In the last of these, the company explains that green water is caused by a monocellular algae that thrives in nutrient-rich water and in sunlight, and describes how the powder is sprinkled into the pond. The wildlife pond article is framed around questions customers raise when planning a pond, such as whether to add plants and how to increase the pond's wildlife value.

How the product is bought

Orders are placed through the online shop, and the site also provides pages on product information, application instructions, delivery and a brochure request. The company's contact line is published on the site for enquiries, and the brochure request is offered together with a personalised quote.