Ultrasound is a new, innovative, and environmentally friendly method to control algae in our water. Carolina Algae Control, LLC is excited to bring this new technology to the state of South Carolina and across our nation. Sound is a natural solution, applied in a brilliantly new way and without harm to any higher life form than algae.

The LG Sonic ultrasonic algae control devices are very effective in controlling algae in most water environments. There are 27,000 types of algae in the world and 74,000 varieties within those types.  The research conducted by the biologist at AlgaeControl.us has identified only 5 algae types out of those 27,000 so far which the LG Sonic unit does not kill.  The LG Sonic goes far to supply a solution for an environmentally friendly answer to the majority of algae issues.

The LG Sonic is a tool to utilize along with other solid pond management practices to control algae and to create and maintain a healthy eco-system.  Our most significant practices in maintaining a healthy eco-system include:

• proper levels of oxygen
• proper amounts of beneficial bacteria
• ultrasound for algae control
• de-stratification of body of water
• sludge reduction
• proper filtration if a closed re-circulating system

Mother Nature includes algae as a critical part of the food chain.  It is estimated that between 70% and 80% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by aquatic plants. Nearly all aquatic plants are single celled, photosynthetic algae. Even marine seaweed is many times colonial algae. They are a bunch of single cells trying to look like a big plant, but they are really individuals.  Why does so much of our oxygen come from algae?

Well, first of all, remember that the oceans cover about 71% of this planet and land is only about 29%. If we assume that every square mile of the ocean produces as much oxygen as every square mile of land, then this makes sense. What about the trees and other land plants?" Well, trees and other land plants are very important, no doubt about it. But for pure survival, we couldn't make it without algae. Oceans produce about 71% and the land 29% of the oxygen we breathe.

Algae blooms are natural and are a healthy development as a food source for herbivores, oxygen becomes abundant, and plenty of energy moves out through the food web. It is only when a pond receives an excessive amount of nutrients that spark a rampant algae bloom. Being able to control the vast majority of algae present in a body of water in any given month without using chemicals is well worth the investment

Ultrasound is capable of healing, or on the extreme other end of the spectrum, capable of killing. The effectiveness depends on two things:

1. How much power is behind the signal
2. The signal must match the vibrational frequency of what is to be effected.

The unit works by matching the resonance frequency of the algae cells with just enough power behind it to influence the algae cells in the following manner:   

The blue-greens (cyanobacteria) have a gas vesicle system (hundreds to thousands of these tiny organelles) that is easily broken by the ultrasonic sound waves, in effect they lose their ability to control their buoyancy and sink, and their life cycle processes disrupted, and ultimately succumb to bacterial attack.

The roaming types (green, brown, black, filamentous, etc.) do not have the gas vesicles and the unit affects their inner membrane called the plasmalemma causing it to separate from the outer sheath. Once the separation is done, the cell can no longer get nutrients, control its internal pressure, or get rid of waste products, etc.

The LG Sonic ultrasound product is available and affordable for consumers, commercial and industrial water environments. Carolina AlgaeControl will partner with you to provide just the right solution for your pond, pool, lake, or industrial application. We will assist you by providing an on-site consultation or can visit your location virtually with the aid of Google Earth. Installation is easy, but can be provided by Carolina AlgaeControl should you wish. In as short as a week to a month’s time, your water will look clean and clear, and your fish will thank you, that is if they could talk.