Author Archives: Joe Holz

Joe Holz has a BS degrees in Environmental Science and Geography from Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. During high school and college, he worked at Rushing Waters Fisheries in Palmyra, WI which is the largest trout producer in the Midwest. At Rushing Waters, Joe was involved with fish rearing, fish health, culling and sorting, and processing. After graduating in 2002, he started with Kasco as an inside sales person and customer service support and now works offsite in sales and handles our international sales division. Throughout his 13 years at Kasco, Joe has helped customers with aeration needs in backyard ponds, intensive aquaculture, golf and irrigation applications, water treatment and processing, mining, and lake front property management. While employing similar products for solutions, Joe has been able to help customers in wide area of uses and unique applications.

Benefits and Problems with Pond Algae

February 10, 2016

Algae plays a critical role in your pond health, but an imbalance can be catastrophic to your overall pond health. Learn more about algae along with its benefits and issues in this article.

Common Pond Algae Treatments

February 10, 2016

There are several available methods for algae control and prevention. Each has a slightly different way of attacking algae and some may work better in different situations.

How Aeration Improves Algae Issues

February 10, 2016

Specifically when dealing with algae, aeration can have a significant impact on the algae and related pond health even if it isn’t considered a direct treatment for algae.

Excessive Nutrients are #1 Pond Problem

February 10, 2016

When you move past the symptoms and get to the root of the problem, excessive nutrients are, by far, the #1 cause of pond “problems”.

Common Sources of Nutrients

February 10, 2016

Since excessive nutrients are the main cause of a multitude of pond problems, it is important to understand where these nutrients are coming from.

Nutrient Processing & How Aeration Helps

February 10, 2016

An aeration device will add oxygen to the pond and mix the pond water making sure there is oxygen for the decomposition process that results in a nutrient influx.

Ways to Eliminate Excessive Nutrients

February 8, 2016

It is ideal to prevent the nutrients from entering the pond to begin with, but that not always entirely possible. Here are some ways to manage excessive nutrients.

What is Your Pond Worth?

January 5, 2015

By: Joe Holz, Director of Sales | Jan. 15, 2015 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Many people fail to engage in any active management of their pond because they don’t fully realize the value of it. It’s always important to ask the question, “What is my pond worth?” OK, so you wouldn’t dream of swimming in your pond, and […]