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Last summer I bought a house with two ponds. One up top I cleaned out with a trash pum , removed 3ft of muck. Took about 2 months. Luckily I live in the mountains and the pond refills very quick. Project was a success by just slopping and pumping. Pond size was small about 20 yards wide and 60 long. Now I got into the lower pond. About 8th of a acre. The pond bottom only has average 1ft of muck but the sides have pockets of 3-4ft. Large pockets of hydrogen sulfide bad plants FA. I have added aeration. I started using my trash pump to stir the entire pond, releasing the muck and gas. If I keep stirring it will the biological debris break down fairly fast or will I have to scrub it like I did the top pond?
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The only real downside I found to disturbing old pond muck was that the pond turned a crazy bright green for much of the next season, and I believe I had a significant loss of fish In that pond. That was about three or four years ago. The water now looks great, and last year seemed to be a great year for spawning and overall growth. Like you, being in the local mountains, my ponds get a lot of water flow-thru/filling.
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Yeah its turned a funny blue green. Im gona slop it down a few more times yet. It refills right now in 2days. Did you find the muck dissolved a fair amount?
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