Originally Posted By: FireIsHot
TJ, sorry about the infestation. IIRC, you have access to water. Did you let rains refill the pond, or did you refill it from your well? Also, how long did you let the lime set before you refilled?


No watershed/runoff, top ponds all irrigated through well water only.

Lime sat for 2 weeks before refilling. Got PH up to 12.4 and the shrimp/crays/fhm were hopping onto the bank to escape the water. It was unbelievably brutal to witness 2 years of effort destroyed in 15 minutes.

I could have probably refilled immediately since I got water level down to a few inches, and the PH would have dropped naturally getting mixed with all the new well water. But I wanted to let it sit for a few days and so I could record some of the carnage. The coons and birds made quick work of nearly everything in 24 hrs, so I wasn't able to record how many, if any, YOY BG were in the mix.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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