Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Muddy water will pond die help muddy water color?

My experience here is that dye won't do anything to an actual muddy pond other than make the muddy water sort of a blue muddy color. If it's actual suspended clay/soil then dye won't help much. If it's a suspended algae/etc then dye will help if applied early enough in the year.

If it's muddy water what's causing it? Runoff, catfish/other fish that stir the bottom?

My big pond looks like chocolate milk and has all spring, but that's due to the ridiculous amount of rain we've had. It'll eventually (assuming the dang rain ever stops) clear up. My little pond is clear because it doesn't get much runoff - that's where I use the blue dye to control plant growth.