Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Water chemistry New pond water quality ?'s

Welcome to Pond Boss, Kenny. Some pics of your pond would be great.

As you seem to know, the fertilizer appears to have caused a bloom from what you describe. A bloom can certainly be a good thing as it provides food for the smallest fry in the pond and is a key part of the food chain. However, it can also get out of hand and cause a variety of issues depending on intensity of the bloom and length of time it remains. Definitely avoid the fertilizer bit again and, as Dave mentioned, those ducks could be a bad element, too.

I have a 1/2 acre pond that gets marauded by geese each year and they have absolutely loaded it up with nutrients (I hate to even give them credit for their actions by using the word nutrients! I hate them with a passion!) and it has caused a lot of problems in terms of water quality and bad vegetation growth. I've owned the farm just a couple of years and have been trying to take steps to limit the geese and control any other sources of the nutrient loading, but birds like that can do some real damage. Get rid of the ducks and tell your kids they flew south!

Good luck and, again, try to post some pics for us.