Hey Forum - Pond location NE Texas - My pond Is just over a year old. (2 acres) Have had positive rain fall since late spring and am finally getting close to full. Water level has only gradually come up through the past 6 months and slowly covered previously grassy / dry ground. My water clarity is 'too' good - Could snorkel in it - tried fert in early June, but did not impact it. Missed doing the re application. Now I have a significant (greater than 50%) coverage of Baby Pondweed - probably close to 80% of my fishable Growth has exploded in past 6 weeks. So now, all my good structure that I took effort to put in is not fishable.
Furthermore, I also have, about 30% cover with Filamentous Algea. I have applied copper sulfate with some success, but have limited application due to being cautious about maintaining oxygen levels in this heat. I did put in about 20lbs of tilapia (6") in may, but they did not even get close to keeping up - the algea has expanded significantly in the past 6 weeks
The good news is that the weed has created great cover for establishing the bluegill - I think I'm good here. But I don't want this problem next year
So - several questions.
Is there anything I should do at this time of year?
Is the Pondweed going to die during this winter?
What do I do to make sure this problem doesn't come back next year?
