Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Bulk Lime to raise PH

A fish farm delivered some fish to me last week and informed me that I needed to add lime to my pond. I have some filamentous algae rising to the top and I'm in a heavy red clay soil. He told me I could just pout 50 pound bags of ag lime into the pond at a rate of 50 pounds per acre. I have about 10 acres to treat, so I'm looking at 500 pounds.

The local co-op has crushed lime at 4.25/50 pounds, pelletized at 6.00/50 and bulk at 25/ton. I could get the bulk lime in a trailer and use my front end loader to dump the lime in the pond.

Question: Are there any problems using bulk lime instead of pelletized lime for this application?

Thanks.