Rainman,
I'll let you know about the alum. I hope the pond continues to clear. It has made a huge improvement in the last few weeks. The water is still 6-7 feet from normal pool. We didn't get as much rain from Ike as I thought we would because the pond only came up 1 foot. I was doing some tinkering around with the siphon using some old parts and a Shop Vac, but I couldn't get that to work. Vacuum cleaners just don't pull enough vacuum. I guess I'm going to have to look on Ebay for a Gast vacuum pump. I know that will work.
