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"Subscriber to PCMag since before it was 3-D"

I love the chart, Dwight, and envy the time you get to spend on your pond!

Question 1 - what type of DO meter do you use, and do you like it?

Question 2 - is your chart copyrighted, and if so, do you mind allowing me to blatantly enfringe and employ a chart like this for my own use?

I am using a DO200. It is the only D.O. meter I have ever used so I like it. It is easy to operate.


If you would like, I can e-mail the spreadsheet to you. PM me and we can arrange it.

Im afraid to post again until JHAP turns off the serial killer mode.

I KNOW hes already looking for me.

I've ALREADY wacked 2 of his agents.And they WERE crouched down in the tall grass.
P.S. I think Sunil is on the list too.

{SERIAL KILLER MODE OFF}

There, happy Tom?

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Dwight I converted your chart to a jpeg file and saved it in my photobucket so I could post it here. If you object to this please PM me and I'll remove it.

Please note: the clarity of chart became dimished somewhat in the conversion process.



I think this chart is a great illustration of the fact that cold water can hold more oxygen. As the surface water increases the TDO decreases, very interesting to actually see it displayed.

Dwight, this feels like a stupid question, but is the clarity depth in inches? In other words did you have 155 inches in clarity on 06/18? If so that's almost 13 feet!

JHAP - Yes, the clarity is in inches and yes about 13 feet.

I use the PDF format because of the excellent resolution for printing the chart and zooming in on a particular set of data points.

So, you may have created a new summer job for yourself converting to JPEG and posting on Photo Bucket each week.

Dwight, great stuff all around...

JHAP, thanks for putting it in graph form. Really helps bring it to life. Wonderful work!

CJ, I can't take any credit for the graph. That is all Dwight. All I did was convert it from one file type (.pdf = adobe) to another file type (.jpg) and reduce the file size, and then uploaded it to my photobucket.

Ah... Well, none the less great work. Thanks for putting it out there for all to see. Gives everyone some ideas for what they can do at their ponds. It is neat to track water temps, DO etc through the months and even year to year.

thanks Dwight! I'm envious of your 13' clarity - down here with our clay soils in Lincoln 36" is pretty solid.

Do you have tons of aquatic vegetation, then?

Yes, I estimate that currently submergent vegetation covers 30-40 percent of the pond bottom area. The weed lines and weed flats are well defined and bounded by sand and gravel areas that don't support plant growth.

Great chart.I might also add Im jelous,as I struggle to get 13 inches of claity in my pond.

Is Jeffs killer mode still off?

06 25 09 Update Big changes this week.

The heat is on! Theo or Sunil can comment on the music reference?

The temps are up, DO has to go down, and clarity dropping as the phytoplankton kick in. Man, it has been a cool (temperature) year.

How obscure are you getting? Glenn Frey or Agnetha Fältskog?

I knew Agentha did The heat is on; I thought Glenn did Fly like an Eagle.

Mr. Willis, I can send ya some relief from the cool temps.

Canned Heat?

I continue to be amazed by the charts and info. Absolutely outstanding work.


Canned Heat

Going Up The Country


I'm going up the country, baby don't you wanna go
I'm going up the country, baby don't you wanna go

I'm going to some place where I've never been before
I'm going, I'm going where the water tastes like wine

Well I'm going where the water tastes like wine

We can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time

I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away

I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away

All this fussing and fighting, man, you know I sure can't stay

Now baby, pack your leaving trunk, you know we've got to leave today

Just exactly where we're going I cannot say, but We might even leave

the USA 'Cause there's a brand new game that I want to play

No use of you running, or screaming and crying

'Cause you've got a home as long as I've got mine

Y'all take it easy on Glenn......

Theo, I just don't have your depth. I only knew about Glenn Frey.

Burger -- no thanks. We were 90 the past two days, and that's plenty.

Write this down, Dr. Dave: G-O-O-G-L-E.

Dang, you engineers are GOOD!

I didn't know that ewest was at Woodstock. In the Movie, he is the naked boy splashing in the muddy pool. A sign of things to come, pond-wise, that is.