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Zach Miller : Pond Champs Treatment Representative

Zach is currently a junior at Indiana University – Bloomington pursuing a degree in consulting or marketing. He has been with Pond Champs for 4 pond seasons.  Zach has an older brother and younger sister.  Some of you may recall his older brother, Andy, who treated ponds also before moving out of state. When not treating ponds or studying he enjoys reading and a good game of Scategories.

20 Things you did not know about Zach….

If you were a Star Wars character who would you be and why? Yoda. Wise he is.

Have you ever gone cow tipping? Absolutely. Who hasn’t?

One of your stuffed animal’s names as a kid? A raccoon beanie baby named Pickles.

T.V. show you secretly enjoy? Murder She Wrote. Don’t ask why.

Favorite Sesame Street character?

Everyone is afraid of something – what are you afraid of? Falling short of my personal expectations.

If you could choose to have dinner with 5 people (real or fictional) who would you invite and why? Ronald Reagan, FDR, Noam Chompsky, Steve Jobs and Ben Franklin for intellectual conversation.

Favorite outdoor activity? Treating ponds of course.

Would you rather play hockey or basketball? Hockey. I mean you get to physically assault people within the rules.

Do you push elevator buttons more than one thinking the elevator will get there faster? Sure do. Better for my psyche.

If you were an animal what would you be and why? A sloth. Sleeping for 18 hours a day wouldn’t hurt my feelings.

If you could be a super hero who would you be and why?

If in an instant you could be invisible where would you go and what would you do? I’d go to Washington D.C. and see the secretive parts of the government ops.

Your favorite toy as a child? My gameboy. Never left home without it.

What do you collect? Sports memorabilia.

Do you scream on roller coasters?

What is your weirdest quirk? I wear flip flops in the winter.

What is your favorite saying? Archaism is a dusty road leading us back to nowhere.

Who is the first person you call  when you are having a bad day? My pops, for if nothing else, comedic relief.

Name one of the favorite things about someone in your family? My mom’s cooking.

Describe yourself in three words?

Enthusiastic, enlightening and conversational.

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Pond Seminar: Paterson’s Do it Best in New Haven, IN   March 24, 2012

Come visit Paterson’s Do it Best for Sanco’s Annual Pond Seminar.  Our aquatic manager, Jeremy Grubaugh, will be speaking at Paterson’s Do it Best starting at 9 am about tips and tricks to keep your pond clean and clear this summer.  Don’t miss out!  The unseasonably warm weather is feeding pond weed and algae growth already.  We encourage attendees to bring in their pond weeds so we can help you identify your growth.  After the seminar the floor will be open for questions.

March 24, 2012 at 9 am

Paterson’s Do it Best

880 Hwy 930 East

New Haven, IN 46774

260-493-2111

 

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Don’t Forget Fort Wayne Get Green!

This Saturday

5-Kilt Race: Headwaters West at 9:30 am

River Greening: Wells Street Bridge at 11:00 am

Don’t miss out on Sanco’s new and improved green dye that will be used to turn the St. Mary’s River a vibrant green color.

For more detailed info visit the Fort Wayne Get Green site.

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Fort Wayne is gearing up for the 2012 Fort Wayne Get Green Celebration!

Sanco has been doing some homework since last year and we will be trying out a new green dye.  We are hoping with the new, more vibrant green dye and a little different approach to application into the river we will have even more success in greening the St. Mary’s.

To see pictures from last years event check out Sanco’s flickr page.

The Event kicks off with a 5-Kilt Race starting at Headwaters West at 9:30 am

The River Greening will start at 11:00 am from the Wells Street Bridge.

For more detailed information or a complete list of the events for the day visit the Fort Wayne Get Green site.

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Sanco will be featuring  members of our team.  This will help our customers get familiar with the people that make Sanco the business that it is today.

Jeremy Grubaugh: Pond Champs Aquatic Manager

This week we will be introducing Jeremy Grubaugh.  Jeremy is our Aquatic Manager and is the head of our service side, Pond Champs.

Pond Champs services ponds all over the Northeast Indiana area and Northwest Ohio.

Contact us today for a free quote!

20 Fun Facts you didn’t know about Jeremy:

1. Favorite food? Steak

2. If you were an animal, what would you be and why? Lion, rule the jungle

3. Goal you’d like to accomplish during your lifetime? To teach young people about values and responsibilities.

4. Favorite super hero and why? Punisher, justice is served

5. Who is your hero? Ronald Regan

6. Favorite summer time activity? Swimming

7. Favorite movie? Raiders of the Lost Ark

8. Favorite Ice Cream flavor? Chocolate

9. Favorite cartoon character and why? Bugs Bunny, very sharp and playful

10.If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go? Hawaii

11. What’s your ideal dream job? Teaching in college

12. Are you a morning or night person? Night

13. Favorite hobbies? Collecting Knives

14. What are your pet peeves or interesting things about you that you dislike? Tendency to collect anything

15. Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? Squid

16. Name one of your favorite things about someone in your family? My wife’s cooking

17. Quirky habit of yours? Non-stop reading

18. Describe yourself in three words. Diligent, honest and hard working

19.Favorite authors?.Jeffrey Deaver, Stephen Hunter

20.Favorite color? Blue

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Holiday Hours

Closed December 23rd-26th

Closed December 30th-January 2nd

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Sanco values our hardworking employees and feels it is important that they spend time with their families during the holiday season.  We apologize for  any inconvenience this may cause.

Sanco’s holiday hours will be as follows:

Closed November 24th and 25th

Closed December 23rd -26th

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

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Fort Wayne Water Quality After Fire

The devastating fire at Momper Insulation is having adverse effects on close by water ways including Junk Ditch and the Saint Marys River.    Run-off water contaminated with cyanide found its way down a creek and into the Saint Marys River.  Many fish in that area died because of the cyanide.

Fort Wayne has since damned Junk Ditch and city leaders remind residence that our drinking water comes from the Saint Joe River.  The water will be removed from the ditch and filtered.  The amount of cyanide that actually entered the Saint Marys River is unknown but the Indiana Department of Environmental Management believe the impact is minimal.

As a specialty chemical company that largely focuses on aquatic maintenance products; Sanco wants to remind  pond owners and lake residence the effects they can have on the environment when they do not have complete control of your body of water.   If your body of water flows into a creek or other areas then you don’t have complete control of it.  You must take great caution when using aquatic maintenance products.  We recommend reading labels and consulting with local authorities before applications if you do not have control of your body of water.

For more information about Sanco’s pond products contact our helpful staff.

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Sanco strives to provide the best products and we are excited to announce we are  adding a new product line.

New Septic System Products:

Root Destroyer is a copper sulfate product used to breakdown and kill roots that have made their way into your sewer/septic lines.  Copper sulfate is absorbed through the roots and begins to soften and breakdown the roots within 3-4 weeks.  The slow absorption address the “root” problems without harming the overall health of the tree.

Septic Tank Cleaner is an all natural bacteria based product that will help maintian your septic tank by breaking down solids and preventing costly backups.  Simply pour this product down your toilet once a month.

For more information on our septic products contact our helpful staff.

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Recently we had a customer contact us about masses of jelly like substances that were along his ponds edge…Wierd right!

His concern was if he could use some of our products with the bryozoans.

He sent us some pictures and our aquatic specialists addressed what the creatures are and how our products can still be used in ponds that sustain bryozoans.

Bryozoans are colonies of zooids that function together to outcompete other creatures for a similar food source.  They are filter feeders that are
not finicky in their feeding habits.  They filter the water and consume whatever microorganisms pass through their filter.  These may include bacteria
(both good and bad), protozoa, amoeba, planktonic algae, zoo plankton and the
spores or young of these various organisms.
They do not consume non-living wastes that pass through the filter; only living organisms are taken up as food.  It appears that they can only exist and thrive in oxygen rich and food rich environments.  They also require a fairly clean (no turbidity from clay/silt) water.  One other limiting factor would appear to be
depth.  A researcher noted that freshwater bryozoans were limited in his observation to around 6 feet of depth.

In light of these observations, First of all, bryozoans appear to be beneficial to removing unwanted organisms from the water, so elimination of them would likely be detrimental to the aquatic environment.  Secondly, yes they will
consume the spores from Natural Pond Cleaner if it is applied near them.  My suggestion would be to apply the product out in the deeper areas of the pond where there would be a less likely interaction between the bryozoans and the bacillus spores. In this manner, it would be a mutual benefit to keep and sustain these two colonies in order to maintain a healthy pond environment.

If you should require control of a growing bryozoans population, simply remove a few and dispose of them in the garbage.  However, the levels of colonial growth should adjust accordingly with the application of the Natural Pond Cleaner being made away from their location.