Another new guy here in need of advice, any and all comments welcome. I found this forum last summer and have been steadily reading trying to educate my self so that when I got to the point of asking questions I would be able understand the information that I received. I have been be banging my head against the wall for the last two summers fighting FA. The FA gets so bad during the summer I fully expect a fish kill. During the winter the pond looks good, but the summer all bets are off. Even now when we had a few days weather in the high 60�s low 70�s and I found some FA�. The way I have been combating it is with Cutrine Plus, but I can never get ahead of it. And from the reading that I have been doing I am probably only feeding the monster. So here goes.
The pond is at the bottom of two hills so in the summer it gets hot and doesn�t get much wind. What I would like to do is aerate and possibly add some Talapia. I will be building a system myself trying to stay on somewhat of a budget. I am not worried about the mechanical or electrical ascpect of any of the construction I just need to make sure my numbers are correct would like to get some advice from some experts in the field which from what I read there are several hanging around here.
So does anyone have any suggestions on CFM�s I would need to look for in a pump, I was reading on another thread that there was already a thread that existed that gave that information but I was unable to find that thread?
Location of aerators (I am thinking that I will probably end up with one set in the center of the pond and one in the neck). Or would a long piece of the perforated tubing running the length of the pond be better? There are several ways to go I know but I would really like to hear some other opinions besides the ones in my head.. Please feel free to weigh in, aeration and Talapia may only be a piece of the puzzle that I need to look at. I am going to try to attach some pictures also.
The specifics about the pond are:� acre of surface water with steep slopes.
10� deep in the center of the pond this includes the neck.
Shallow spot at base of neck 4 � � deep, but neck is also 10'
deep.
Some vegetation on west side which are a few Cattails.
The pond location is in a creek bed that was dug out for the
pond about 4 years ago.
The creek/ditch only runs when it rains so basically it�s run
off only.
Neighbor hood on one side of pond approximately 15 houses.
Pasture on other side of pond, shows dirt in picture on one of
the pictures I will try to attach here but is now grass.
In picture with dimensions the pond is 4� low It is an satelite
picture off of bing which was probably taken right after it
was built and hadn't filled with water completely.
Pond has a good fish population. (Bass, Blue gill, Catfish) (Bullfrogs)
Thanks for any comments.
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