Hi to all. My name is Fred Warren and I live in NW Ohio (Ottawa). This has been my go-to-site to gain knowledge on my new pond that was built 18 months ago. Great site and people. The pond is one acre with an average depth of 8' and I stocked it a year ago with 500 redear and 100 LMB. I will have many questions about algae, maintenance, fish etc and will ask away when time permits.