Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Unintended Expiriment

Many things about ponds are assumed unless testing is done. i.e. temp, actual amount of O2, etc. Very few pondmeisters take water samples and have them tested, few even take temp readings and I'll bet that other than the professionals here, you can count on one hand the number of people who have equipment that can measure dissolved O2.

So, that's where I'm getting the "assumed" statement. Unless you test and verify, it's an assumption. Sure, the fish might live, but what were the O2 levels? Could 50 more pounds of biochemical demand caused a fishkill? Without testing, you'd never know.

Things in ponds change so fast, that what may be true today or tomorrow might not be true 4 days from now.