Thanks for the encouragement Lovnlivin, it appears that our situations are quite close. I spoke with a local pond management firm recommended by members of this forum. He recommends fluridone at 90ppm next spring coupled with more aggressive bacteria and aeration and feels we should have a pretty usable pond by the end of summer, maybe sooner. Retreatment with fluridone will be done as needed based on plant growth and it will also depend on how much outflow there is.
Bill Cody, I talked with Martin Ecosystems, and they are my local distributor for Biohaven Islands. They have access to all the calculations that Bruce Kania does, but as you state, getting enough islands to offset my nutrient load would indeed be cost prohibitive. It looks like Bruce had a little over 2% coverage of islands from an article I read on the Biohaven website. I need to ask a neighbor what he paid for pond renovation, but the local management firm thought I'd be doing good if I could get it done for around $50,000; also cost prohibitive.
I've got some time, so I'll use it to do some more research. I knew a swimming pool was costly; I never realized all the challenges associated with a pond.
