Update:
Here is the pond filling back up primarily from wellwater that is overflowing from the trout pond and some recent rain. The green tint is iron in the well water.
A previous picture for comparison before the remaining water was treated twice with rotenone. The two tanks were moved after this picture to an area where water and fish could not be trapped underneath and survive the rotenone. Now the tanks are just floating around the pond.
I had a heron back today that was feeding on the remaining small fish when the pond was drained down before it was treated with rotenone. He was there today just standing there probably wondering where all the fish went. I ran him off primarily because of the remote chance he could regurgitate a live fish from another nearby pond. Very, very, unlikely, but after all the work and expense it took to drain this pond down and move the fish, I don't want to take any chances! Plus of course they are parasite vectors.
Once the pond fills back up I'll have the staked lines back in place and they won't be able to find a way in.
