Thanks, burger. It sure sounds like it can't hurt if done with deliberation, but I agree it may be most effective in conjunction with aeration. I'd love to go that direction and maybe THEN towards a TH! This is a really shallow pond, but we discovered over the weekend with our new canoe that the long paddles couldn't touch bottom in a few places when I reached down a bit with one. Probably have a small area where we're around 6 feet of depth. The rest of the pond is from 2-3 feet on average. Our oldest daughter was swimming along side us and said that when she floated vertically, her feet were in cold water, so I do, in fact, have a thermocline! Never imagined that in this pond. I think aerator, then bacteria, then TH, then more big BG!


Todd La Neve

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