Originally Posted By: Bill Cody
We welcome all stocking suggestions for this small pond in NE Ohio. Here is a last resort option. If you or your do good friendly neighbor or a relative stocks something into your small pond that ends up causing problems,, it will be relatively inexpensive to chemically "kill it off" and restart anew. I calculated your 0.1 pond contains about 98,000 gallons of water and it will cost about $25 to $30 wholesale for the necessary chemical - rotenone to eliminate all the fish in the pond. Retail cost may be more depending on the retailer - licensed applicator.


And would cost even less if he'd pump water out of the pond first to reduce the gallons of water. But, a licensed applicator would probably have a minimum charge too.....

I recently drained a 1 ac pond that was about 5' low with a 16,000gph semi-trash pump. It ran 24/7 to drain the pond, but there's only 12" or so of water in it. It's a LOT easier to dig in a relatively dry pond than to dig in 8' of water.....


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