It's creek water. The pump picks it up a little way downstream from a waterfall. As it runs into the pond, it enters a floating corrugated pipe and flows for about 8 feet before exiting into the pond in a stream of bubbles. Bluegill behavior has completely returned to normal. Hordes of them will come after a grasshopper thrown into the water. CC are still shallow but moving around more, no longer staying relatively still in shallow water. The sun is out and there is a breeze on the water. Going to pump all day if I can. Already added about 23,000 gallons of well oxygenated creek water.
Edit 8:40 PM: Planning to pump creek water until about 10 PM. That will be over 45,000 gallons of new water added today, nine vertical inches added and still about four inches below the spillway. Tested BG with a handful of food; they fed normally. CC moving around well, not feeding, but circling under the BG food.
Hopefully, we will make it OK through the rest of the night. It's supposed to be clear and mid 80's tomorrow, so plankton should make lots of oxygen.
Planning to back off on feeding for a while, and take out some CC for food.
Last edited by John F; 06/19/17 10:27 PM.
