About

Scotty Tucker

MBA, B.Sc Agbusiness Aquaculture (Hons)

Scotty Tucker is Water Quality Solutions' Founder and Managing Director. He has more than two decades experience in improving water quality in dams, lakes and lagoons. He lives in Melbourne but travels all over the world as a water specialist consultant and educator. Scott also runs his own YouTube channel where he provides free advice on improving water.

Discovering a passion for water

Scotty Tucker grew up in Melbourne. Left brain dominant, he pursued his interest in mechanics becoming an aircraft maintenance engineer for Ansett in the nineties.

Everything changed when he visited the Red Sea in 1997 to do a scubadiving trip. Being one of the world's most biodiverse aquatic environments, Scott recounts how he found the aquatic ecology endlessly fascinating.

Pearl farming and aquaculture

Returning home, he decided to quit his career as an aeronautical engineer and pursue his newfound love for water. The first stop was working on a Pearl Farm where it became abundantly clear water was his primary passion.

Scott next traveled to Perth to study Agribusiness Aquaculture, attaining an Honours degree in 2002. After graduating, he was lucky enough to get under the wing of Bob Lusk—a US aquatics and fisheries expert—who taught him everything there is to know about improving water, naturally. 

Founding Water Quality Solutions

Scott started Water Quality Solutions in 2009 after working for a few different organisations related to water quality. He decided to venture out on his own after finding himself increasingly frustrated by the over-recommendation and overuse of chemicals in water treatment.

In the field, he had witnessed the disastrous results of algaecide and herbicide overuse as well as the radical transformations made to waterbodies with adequate natural treatments.

Scott founded Water Quality Solutions as a way to provide Australians with natural, chemical-free ways to treat water—both advice and products. Since inception, we've grown to be the number one place Aussies go when looking for help improving water in their dam, lake or lagoon.

Whittlesea... the next frontier

Most recently, Water Quality Solutions purchased 20 acres in Whittlesea, VIC. This will allow us to spread our wings as well as lean into Scotty’s love of aquaculture. A passion project of Scotts, we’re currently in the process of setting up ponds to breed rare fish to support populations and to counteract endangerment events. For instance, if there is a massive fish kill in a lake, and the fish species is particularly rare, we can supply fish ourselves or lean on our network of fish buyers to track down breeding pairs which can be used to replenish the lost populations. We’ll also be growing aquatic plants.

"Since WQS installed the aerator, we've not had a single algae problem. In our smaller ponds that are too small for aerators we used Biostim pellets on their own and have noticed a huge reduction in algae.”

Andy Hart

Horticultural Curator—Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Adelaide

“We had a nutrient-rich stormwater lake that was having continuous problems with algae. We were previously treating the nutrients with a liquid solution that would just end up getting flushed away with the outgoing water. Scott recommended we switch to Biostim pellets which were exactly what we needed.”

Giles Pickard

Environment Project Officer, City of Subiaco

“Visiting ducks and our pet geese were continuously fouling the dam. WQS recommended a number of systems to improve the water quality. We are very happy with our final choice, the windmill aeration system. This combined with the Biostim pellets and liquid are cleaning up the dirty dam. Everything WQS said would happen has happened!”

Greg Lewis

Canterbury, Victoria

“We had an urgent problem—our old irrigation system had blockages from weeds. Our dam was also riddled with black sludge. Scott recommended both aeration and biologicals and within six weeks the dam became so clear I could see to the bottom of it for the first time in years! I was chuffed that we could fix the issue without the use of chemicals.”

Michael Grant

Owner, Grant’s Citrus Farm
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