Hello Pond Boss Team-
Trying to figure out what to do next. Visibility is about 18 inches. Water has a brownish color. Lake is 20 acres located in Deep East Texas- lots of pine trees.

calcium 7ppm
magnesium 3ppm
sodium 14ppm
potassium 5ppm
boron .06ppm
carbonate 0ppm
bicarbonate 38ppm
sulfate 22ppm
chloride 21ppm
nitrate less than .01ppm
phosphorous .03ppm
pH 5.94
conductivity 118
hardness 2 grains CaCO3/gallon
hardness 29ppm
alkalinity 31ppm
total dissolved salts 109ppm
BAR 1.1

My understanding is with an alkalinity of 31 that my lake will hold a bloom... I intend to fertilze asap. I am concerned about the pH and if I still need to lime, or there may be something wrong with my water as it appears to want to keep the brown color even when other lakes in our watershed just up the valley from us are blue and clear.

Thanks in advance for any help! I appreciate the many contributors here.

Tripp