As a follow up, my water tests from this weekend showed a PH around 7.5 with KH readings somewhere between 20 and 30 ppm. That's definitely an improvement from the pre-lime treatment a little over a month ago. I also did more sampling and the pond is not completely infested with the "water fleas" as I originally feared. There are pockets where they are very dense but it seems to be mostly on the downwind side of the BOW and confined to the top 6" of water.
So despite the brown water color, I think my pond is in a fairly healthy state.
Last edited by ColdSpringsFarm; 04/26/18 04:27 PM.
