Pond Boss Forums AERATION Should I aerate? Starting aeration on neglected pond

Hello new to site.
We bought a home that has a 1/4 acre pond,was told it was 12 years old and about 9 ft deep, average depth approx 4 feet.A ground water creek flows into it when it rains,exit is a 4 foot coragated pipe. when we got the property it was apparent the pond had never been taken care of and according to the neighbor it basically turns into a swamp in the summer. We have been treating with muck reducer and cutrine plus wich has taken care of the alage that took over in april. Towards the exit of the pond I walked into the water and sank to my upper thigh in muck. we raked as much as we could around the perimeter, but im guessing the muck is a couple feet deep throughout. This weekend we are putting in aerator. Its a 1/3hp Thomas pump came with 3 round air discs. My question is will aeration and the muck reducer every month even put a dent in all the muck thats in there. The pond also has thousands of stunted BG no bigger than 3" with no other fish. I stocked HSB,LMB,CC and YP. Most of the YP died after a month or so. Will the aeration cause problems with the fish. Thanks for any intel

Turn on aerator for 15 min the first day. Next day 30 minutes. double the run time until it's running 24 hr straight. Then leave it run. Aeration will help the fish and pond.

The muck should be reduced by the bacteria, your results will vary, but to remove a couple feet of muck it will probably take years. Quickest is to drain, mechanically remove and refill the pond. Mechanically removing will also remove a lot of built up nutrients, which contribute to your algae problem.

Verify the pond depth. I rarely find ponds are as deep as they are supposed to be.

So, have you seen any improvement in the pond muck or anything else with addition of the aeration? I'm thinking about doing a similar system in my pond but much of what I thought "would" happen I know hear may not.

Yes aeration and pond bacteria will work to some degree as esshup says. It will take time though.

I have been using a bacteria now for 3 years and I am just now starting to see some benifit. And I only use it for 2 months so if you use it longer it should help even more. Just don't over do it. Read on the package how much your suppose to use per month and dont exceed it.

I believe I have lost about 2 inchs a year in the past 3 years. It's no quick fix that's for sure, but it does work. Plus air is just plain good for your pond and fish. Oxygen is king! You have to have it!

RC