Gareth

Welcome to the forum. Have you performed the jar/bottle test yet? We need to know the results of the test before we can make recommendations to clear your turbid pond water. Fill a jar or soda bottle and place it somewhere undisturbed for a few days.

If it clears up and sediment sinks to the bottom of the container, something like wave action, turbid runoff, erosion or resident fish population is the cause for the turbidity. Sounds like you don't have fish stocked yet and the surrounding watershed is pasture - so doesn't seem like they are the culprits.

If your water remains turbid despite resting for a few days, you likely have an ionic imbalance. This can be addressed by adding alum to the pond, as Brian and Al suggested. Many here have performed alum treatments to buffer their pond water so you're in good hands.

Good news is - you have a nice sized pond that appears to be holding water - that's the most important part - so congrats! Let us know the results of the test, and report back.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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