I'm new and have some questions. I don't even know the right questions to ask, so if you think of something I am missing please let me know. I have a non aerated 37 acre pond. We have a 4000gpm re-lift that pumps water from our tailwater recovery system, and a well that pumps 1500gpm. The pond averages about 6 feet deep. We irrigate rice and soybeans out of the pond and from June to mid August we will have pumped in enough water to have filled the pond 3 times. The water level never varies much in the summer as we pump in as fast as we drain out. Most of the water we use is from the well. When we have enough water to relift we use it. The water in our tailwater recovery system has been pumped across fields and then drain into our sytem of ditches. We have never had a fish die off. We have 1000 CC and 800 HSB. The LMB numbers are uncertain. I am going to get the LMB numbers to close to 50 per acre. My question is, should I aerate? How do I check the DO and what are good and bad numbers for the DO?
Thanks,
Cason