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Hello all! While looking for a new house we found one with a pond and decided to buy the place. I have never owned property with a pond before so am looking for knowledge on what to do with the pond. I will be doing some searching here!

More info: 1/2 acre pond, perch stocked, the previous owner left blue dye, pool shock, and copper weed killer. They also left an electric aerator and fountain. I didn't get to talk to them before they moved and they didn't leave directions. The pond is around ten feet deep in the middle and drains down if there is little rain. The house sump pumps water to the pond and it runs quite a bit.

The water is somewhat cloudy right now and slightly swampy smelling, does this mean I need to run the aerator more?

Thanks for any help!

Andrew

PS Easy enough to take pictures if they would help!

I am not an expert but I am pretty sure an an aerator would help with that problem.

Pictures always help.

Welcome to the Forum and there will be a few guys along that can help you. WI is out of my knowledge but I do not know if ten feet is deep to avoid a winterkill or not

Here are some pictures:

Spring:





Summer, note slimy algae on beach.



Summer again, note sump output in lower left also black painted square rock in back left is the highest spring water level.

Looks like you have polytubing instead of weighted airline (last picture), that can be a pain. You may want to replace that ~ also I don't think I would recomend pool shock if you want to have a fish and healthy plant population.

I looked into weighted hose and it was pretty expensive. I was thinking of using rocks to hold the tube down. Is there a best location for the diffuser?

I know the weighted hose seems expensive, but if you fish in the pond, you'll be fighting the floating hose many, many times in a year.

Speaking from experience here, I fought floating hose for 2 years. I tied it to Re-bar and lead weights. Something always came loose and if it didn't completely float to the surface, it floated up off the bottom. Going with self-weighted tubing was the best thing I did with the aeration system. You only need to use it in the portion that is under water.

DeWilde if your low on cash you can use a cheaper method to weight the airline that works well.
Get some garden hose and fill it with sand, cap the ends but put a small hole in each cap to allow any air out and water in, zip tie this to your air line and it will hold it evenly on the bottom, that's whats been holding my bubble hose on the bottom for 4 years.

It's not as good as weighted tubing but it's a low cost alternative.

That is a great idea, thanks!