Hey Wilkersons, Ken here! You are right in saying you have a "monster" there. What it appears to be (from the picture alone) is a warmouth perch (also known as a goggle-eye perch). These are wild fish that grow in rivers and streams throughout South Georgia. Most likely you had some eggs transported on the foot of a bird and dropped into your pond. The Georgia Giant DOES NOT have this fish anywhere in its bloodline. Again I want to apologize if you have ever felt wronged or pressured. I would like to take a look at your water quality (mainly ammonia). We do this test free as you know, and you are welcome to speak with my office biologist, Debra, if you are wary of me when the results are in. She is extremely knowledgeable about these things, she is polite, and is not a "salesman". In fact, I will ask her to call you this morning and give you our UPS number so you will not be out anymore money.
Please do not put large quantities of hay in that pond as the decomposition will raise ammonia readings. We also don't recomend using large quantites of lime at any given time (especially if unsure of exact acreage). When you raise the pH levels in the pond by more than .5 per week, you run the risk of stressing the fish potentially killing them (especially during these crazy summer months). The state guys and I agree to differ when it comes to alot of things, but we all want to see you have a successful pond. As for the diffuser mentioned, we have had past experience both on the farm and with customers using both these units and sump pumps. They mainly circulate water in the pond, so if the water is in bad shape already... I guess it would be like us taking a swim in a large toilet (not too crude of an analogy I hope). I recommended our aerator first of all because it is ours, but mainly because of the ability it has to draw water out of the pond. With a 1/2 horsepower motor, the Aquarius will circulate 1/2 million gallons of water per 24 hour period, draw this circulating water from 4 foot deep, then throw it into the air where free oxygen radicals are brought back into the pond. I also spent a lot of money and time developing the propellar that chops the water so hard it aids in removing ammonia particles as well as other noxious gases (boy I do sound like a salesman). But in order to be a businessman you have to be an honest salesman, and in order to be an honest salesman you have to believe in what you are selling. I do. It is true that I have spent millions of dollars over the past 40 years to better this industry. But as I said before I still learn something new everyday (sometimes two new things a day \:\) )Also when I mentioned the water test and sample earlier, I was referring to a fish sample. Sorry I did not make that clear. I spent the evening reading over Mr. Grimes website, and it appears he does have knowledge in the field. I respect his views, but do not agree with all of them.
Back to the Wilkerson's, can we have another chance to make things right?

Do fish actually kiss?