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Hey guys,
I just thought I would drop in to say that our pond is now almost completely full. We are about 5-6" below our overflow pipe. When we have some days with continuous high wind we do have a little bit of a fall in the water level but it appears to be a WHOLE LOT better. Before we put out the bentonite we would drop over 1' in a few days so apparently we are on the right track.
For those that don't know we have a pond that was built about 3 years ago. We have had a serious leakage problem and put 12k lbs of pelletized bentonite out in a boat in an area that we suspected was leaking.
Today I talked to a contractor about spreading lime and shocking our pond next month. I've made the arrangements to have some lime delivered at a very affordable rate as well. Our pond is somewhere between 6-6.5 acres and I have been advised that I need around 24 tons. I am doing the electroshocking because I'm a little concerned about the fish populations becoming unbalanced due to the severe water level changes and condensing the fish into such a small area. Basically I'm worried about over predation by the bass over the coppernosed blue gill.
So it looks like we are on the right track. Thanks again everyone!
-lee-
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