Being ignorant about all things related to pond management when I first moved here in March of 2012, I installed an aeration system within 60 days, hell-bent on turning this mess into a healthy BOW/fishery.
June 2012, riddled with FA, Coontail and Duckweed. And I had just installed the system.
Mission accomplished (in my mind):
Sept 2016
With not renewing my lease here I've begun my exit phase, including pulling my aeration system which I did about 3 weeks ago. Since then there seems to be a major digression occurring.
I've had Blue Green Algae before, but nothing like this!
And the photos DO NOT show how bad the entire BOW looks
So is this solely due to a non-aerated BOW? Likely not but I would think it is certainly a contributing factor. And it will be interesting to see what the next few weeks brings.
One thing I do know, is that once this stuff started showing up, the feeding and the fishing came to an abrupt stop!
So as this thread is titled "Should I aerate?" IMO, if done correctly it certainly gets my vote and I would do it again in a heartbeat!
