My small pond - .2 acre - has become almost opaque - a brown color like coffee colored. It used to be much more clear and I wonder the best way to clear it some. I would like to try some fish or other natural methods.

Would triploid grass carp eat a lot of what I believe to be zoo and phytoplankton? Other fish species? I would even be willing to try tilapia but would not know where to get them in Ohio. There are already BG, YP and 4 LMB in there. Cattails and other vegetation along the edge only - no further out than 2'.

Lots of dead leaves on the bottom as one side has many large oak, maple and other trees overhanging it.

I realize an aerator would help decompose the leaves in the bottom and of course increase DO. Would it be likely to help or hurt water clarity.

I do not have a seschi disk but I would bet it would not be seen at 18 to 36".

2/3 acre pond 12 miles from that big pond we call Lake Erie.