Recreational Swim Pond - Murky water and sludge - 06/27/21 06:04 PM
Hi all,
I am new here and could use some advice. We just had a 50,000 gallon recreational swim pond built, with biofilter and rubber liner. Since materials are all on backorder, we have not had our hardscape installed yet and there is a lot of dirt surrounding the pond. So when we had a big rain recently, there was a lot of runoff that caused algae. I treated it and it all cleared up. The pond became crystal clear. We since had another big rain and the same thing happened. This time was a bit different though. We did not get all the algae floating on the water surface. The result was just murky water. There is definitely a lot of dirt that has settled on the pond bottom because the rocks are brown and starting to get a little slimy. The water is also murky. I can no longer see the pond shelves and the rocks that used to be visible are no longer.
I have tried adding beneficial bacteria, I have used algaecides, and recently used some barley extract. Not much success at all. I would greatly appreciate some advice on how to get my pond back to chow it was a few weeks ago.
all the best,
Joe
I am new here and could use some advice. We just had a 50,000 gallon recreational swim pond built, with biofilter and rubber liner. Since materials are all on backorder, we have not had our hardscape installed yet and there is a lot of dirt surrounding the pond. So when we had a big rain recently, there was a lot of runoff that caused algae. I treated it and it all cleared up. The pond became crystal clear. We since had another big rain and the same thing happened. This time was a bit different though. We did not get all the algae floating on the water surface. The result was just murky water. There is definitely a lot of dirt that has settled on the pond bottom because the rocks are brown and starting to get a little slimy. The water is also murky. I can no longer see the pond shelves and the rocks that used to be visible are no longer.
I have tried adding beneficial bacteria, I have used algaecides, and recently used some barley extract. Not much success at all. I would greatly appreciate some advice on how to get my pond back to chow it was a few weeks ago.
all the best,
Joe