One more thought. . .My Grandfather built that pond int he early 60's and stocked it with 3000 3" fingerlings (or so I always heard when I was young) and hand fed them for several years. We did easily pull 16-18" rainbows out of there in the summer. He had no electricity at the time (we do) and the pond was only 6-8 ft. deep. So, in hsort, we know it is possible in that specific pond that is still fed by the same artesian well that it was 45-50 yrs. ago.
We want to add more water to add more O2 AND more so to help keep the temps down as the well water is a constant 48 degrees almost year round. since the pond was excavated this past august(now 12-14 ft. in 1/3 of the pond, it has filled up to the top, but just barely reached the output pipe (which we extended upward 8" with an "S" curve pvc pipe extender) to fill the pond to maximum. Since the ground is mostly sand, we know it is leaking, probably inthe top 6 ft or so into the ground water as 20,000 gallons a day doesn't evaporate this time of year. My thoughts at first that minimal leaking is bad, now I'm thinking maybe it's ok, because it is exchanging (read exiting) the pond, just in a different way and it may be better to do it from alower depth, than at the surface. But my knowledge base is purely a guess on this point?? Any advice on this point??
