The well water is usually going to be void of any dissolved oxygen, and the process you described, Tracy, of how you get the well water into the pond, didn't sound like that method would introduce oxygen into the well water, prior to entering the pond.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."