Originally Posted By: esshup
Another example of "no two ponds are alike".

I would treat the forage pond with alum when you have the chance.


I still don't understand it. It's in between two clear ponds in the same soil. I don't have any good way to apply the alum. I bought some last year, mixed it with a third quicklime. Made a slurry in five gallon buckets and flung it over the pond out of a small bucket. I guess the droplets weren't small enough because nothing happened. I used 12 pounds of alum and it's only about 18,000 gallons. Huge population of FHM and Gams. I don't want to kill them. Maybe when the drought ends I could pump out of one of the clear ponds and displace the muddy / green water.