Customer Reviews

Summit 130 Clear-water Barley Straw Bales, 2-Pack

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I have to admit, my pond is pretty big, so I bought a couple of bags. Unfortunately barley straw didn't work at all. My advice to the seller is "give us some bigger bales"for the price..after all...this is STRAW...its not that expensive to produce.

I highly recommend this product, it's cheap, easy to use and effective. The water in my small fountain keeps clear and the fish have grown and now I am able to see them.

We have a 3000 gallon pond in our backyard. These barley straw bales help keep the algae under control. They are easy to use and tend to blend in with the pond.

I have been using barley straw for 3 years now, ever since I had a bad case of string algae. It truly works, but you have to give it time to establish itself in the pond, and then keep it in always. I place mine in the waterfall weir where the water runs through it always. No more string algae, or any other algae for that matter. And Summit Chemical shipped ultra fast and has the best price that I could find.

Not working .there was no improvement with the water in the pond. This product is a waste of money.

Have used this for a year now, pond has been clear since about 4 weeks after using it. Have it in the waterfall so water always passes through. When it rains I take it out and let it dry and replace back in the fall so the top always stays dry.

This product does what it is suppose to. My pond was clear and you could actually see the fish in it. I had no problems with it at all... simple as that :).

I have a 2000 gal fish pond. When I saw this product had no effect after 2 months I called my man at the pet shop, he knows his stuff about ponds, what he said is this is just a bunch of hooey and I am just wasting my money. He said the most effective bio filter is to put 3" of the pea size gravel at bottom of pond and also get a big tub put the gravel in it run a water fall through the tub and also put some floating plants in. this is not so much for algae but to control the ammonia level produced by the fish.

We have a small farm pond with an algae problem. We put 4 of these in the pond and waited...no change...ever. Buy an algaecide.

2 stars only because the item was exactly as described and it may work for different types of algae. Who knows.

I was hopeful. I put it in at night after the dogs went to bed. It was gone the next morning. I picked up what pieces I could salvage and threw them in. Wish it would work if you submerged it.