Pond Boss Forums INTRO New Forum Member Introduction Hello from East Texas

I have a new house/pond in the very north part of Angelina county. We built a pond (about 1.5 acres) next to the house, and it did not take too long to fill it with a little help from the well. The soil is solid red clay and visibility is very limited. It has been full (26 feet deep with very steep banks) for about a year and was built on a steep gully. It was stocked with several types of bream and fatheads about a year ago and 50 small northern and 50 Florida bass were put in about a month ago. The pond has a windmill for aeration, but because of trees only works good on a north wind.

This morning we noticed about a dozen 4 inch brim floating........oh crap ......water has never been tested. The well water that was added is drinkable, but has some sulfur smell.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Scott

How do I test the water? Any other suggestions

Welcome to the forum Scott.

It might not be the well water. I believe that TAMU does water testing, and I think that some county NRCS offices do testing too. There is usually a specific way that the different places prefer the water to be collected and shipped, so get in touch with them for specifics.