“How much chara” is part of my question. If I start with a little, will it eventually cover my entire pond, and if it does, how soon is that likely to happen in a 1/3 ac pon? And if it does, how bad would that be? I'm guessing my pond is not deeper than 3 ft now, and at spill, it's about 5 ft higher. Will chara survive with that fluctuation in depth? The fluctuation is probably the main reason I have no pond weeds now.