Checked just a few minutes ago and can't see that anymore are dead...I have most of the pond aggitated with the water slapping hard..The fish arent as congregated as they were..Completely cloudy, temps in the 80's again with heavy rain and storm still forecasted later today...I guess now reflecting on all of this, and I know that it's because of lack of aeration, but why did this happen on that certain day(Yesterday)..We have had steady to climbing temps from 80's-mid 90's a few days no rain for the last week but we have had a good rainy season so far...I know everything has that one moment in time when that critical point is reached, I'm just wondering what was it about that certain time that triggered it...I have read about pond turnover and understand the concept, but was just wondering why yesterday, and at that moment..LIke I said before the day before was really windy and kept the water agitated, so if it had been calm the day before it may have happened then...It's funny I had friends over the evening before and we were all commenting on how nice and clear green the pond looked and how well the fish ate..And then again at noon or so the day it happened everything still looked good..So this event happened in just a couple of hours...I guess once the chain reaction starts it happens extremely fast...I hope all of this will help someone else to understand how fast it really happens and what needs to be done...I am going to invest in a fountain and I had long term plans of a huge waterfall over big rock dumping into the shallow end(Main water entrance point)...I know last year we had temps over 100 for many weeks and biggest drought on record here in west ky, but I had water spraying into the pond 24/7...It was apparent then that something needed to be spraying because of the high temps and drought, and low water levels..Didn't lose any fish though and never saw them stress, and they always ate...Was kinda shocking yesterday when I threw out the bucket of food for them and not even a minnow came to the surface to eat..I knew I had issues then..I think this even snuck up on me and was a little less obvious than the drought year, and that's why it caught me offguard...Thanks for everyones responses and feel free to add more to it so we can all help and learn...David.
