Thank you BILL. Those are some of the concerns that I have had, especially in #1 & #2.
5 - 15 percent doesn't seem like much, so I bet that was some of the problem in the past. I am very leery about fertilizing after killing off the FA, because it seems like a lot of the info here says not to fertilize for a bloom unless the pond has a track record. This will be the first year full pool with stocked fish. Should I let it go naturally and see what happens, or interfere if the FA gets more than 15% ??
I do not have aeration yet, but if I am understanding it correctly, a nice slow but steady bloom would actual produce O2 and be beneficial because of no aeration. I would need to make sure that it all doesn't come to a screeching halt, creating a O2 depletion. Can a bloom be slowly dissipated with management, or is it always growing bigger and bigger and the bottom falls out?
