I hope to get some advice about what to do about the massive overgrowth of Elodea in my 1/3 acre, 10ft deep trout pond I have in the mountains of Colorado. Now that run off has stopped, the water level is dropping and the elodea is taking over, so my fish seem to be podded up in the 2 areas of the pond that are not full of this plant. I aerate it 24/7 at the deepest part, and now we are having our highest temps of the year.
Here are my questions: 1)if I rake it out in the deepest places to give the fish more room, will the water heat up more since there will be less shade? 2) what chemicals can I use to kill the elodea (and I'm sure of it's ID) that won't harm the trout?
