Some of that .25" daily vertical water loss is due to evaporation, so I'm very glad the polymer treatment was successful - that's an amazing turnaround!

Have a good vacation - we will be here when you return to help assess this situation. I don't have any experience raising fish in the broiling South, hopefully some of our seasoned Southern brothers will chime in with their experiences. I'm grateful you aren't losing 5# LMB - BG are cheap and easily replaced worst case scenario.

Might be worth calling American Sportfish - Lusk recently merged with them and Shawn uses a lot of polymer sealing client ponds. I'm sure they would have some practical experienced feedback. I also recommend sourcing fish through them moving forward.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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