Wow, not good this morning. Took the boat out yesterday to find a few large floating grass carp (which is ok with me), more large crappie (again which is ok). Netted the bass and crappie fry that were near the shore, then went out this morning and found hundreds more of the fry floating everywhere. How do I know where the DO level is? Is this is test I can do myself?

The encouraging part is for the first time I was able to use my trolling motor throughout the pond without getting all caught up in FA. I was really surprised. The only time the trolling motor did get caught up was in hydrilla which is very thick in one part of the pond. Now I'm wondering if my treatment of the FA about 6 weeks ago, where the mats turned brown but stayed afloat, now had enough oxygen from the aeration system to decompose, causing a sudden drop of oxygen?

I'm at a loss but will leave the system running as it appears to be clearin up some FA issues and I can't help but think it's doing the right thing at this point. If I have to restock to a once again healthy pond then so be it, I guess. With 3 shallow diffusers and one deep, I shut down the deep one and got a little more aggressive with the 3 shallows, thinking the deep one may have been stirring up too much muck. No clue but I'll get the boat out again today and see what's floating.

What's really odd, is that I know there are a lot of VERY healthy LMB in the pond but have seen none floating. Just carp, crappie and all the small fry.

For just moving in in March and being a first-time pond owner, it has been very interesting to say the least and have learned a ton. From Ted Lee @ cleanponds and this awesome forum, I'm very very appreciative of all the information!

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Keith - Still Lovin Livin

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