Heyo Cecil - Try the TRUTH? Hmmmm...so simple, so crazy, it just might work! You're right - if she thought I had go through this entire process AGAIN to restock the ponds, she'd probably agree the DO meter is a nice insurance policy.
I am in Lincoln, NE - and the conference is just a stone's throw away - so yes I am planning on being in attendance.
Good deal!
I still say you could get by with one of the manual test kits. They are a lot cheaper and actually kind of fun. Once you get experience with them you can already tell how much dissolved oxygen just by the color after adding only the first two or three reagents.
