hi everyone.. thanks for the warm welcome back...
thanks for the links eric, omaha, and bill.. ... i checked them out. i think i'm going to be okay.. i'll get some testing done and get results up in case others have the issues.. i think aeration and a wetland will solve the pce problem as it looks as though it's relatively degradable.. someone brilliant once said to move water to clean it, so yeah..
it's also probably not as big a problem as it sounds, but i just happen to be aware of it because it's in a superfund area..
re: my fish. they've been in a holding pond for a year.. long story but my pond went away with my old house.. couldn't let my fish go, so basically dug a hole at a friends house and shoved them all in a swimming pool size hole to keep them for the last year or so.. pretty interesting to have 100+ 2.5-3lb bg's in something like that.. (i have good friends to help out)
now i'm trying to reboot with a new pond in a new place.. i think i lost most of the smallies this year when we had 115 degree heat and a well issue, but have quite a bit of my bg broad stock in various year classes.. i will know more about how they're doing in a few weeks, as they haven't been "pampered" in quite the same way i've treated them in the past, and i haven't touched them so i don't know health and conditions..
it's nice to be thinking of the fish again.. and nice to be back among old friends.
