Don,
Thank you for the info. I didn't even think about stressing them out. No more floaters since my last post. I will check again tomorrow. Yes my alkalinity is really low and I'm sure it has always bean that way since I have not done anything to the pond before testing it the first time. My land is nothing but red clay with maybe a half inch of topsoil then grass.
I have never dealt with adding any chemicals to a pond so I am kind of ignorant as of to what these are and what they do. (Alum, sodium bicarbonate and hydrated lime)
I was told to add 1 to 2 tons of ag lime for the alkalinity and found it cheap locally. And my neighbor has a friend that got 15 tons of gypsum for his pond and only needed 2 5 gallon buckets to clear his up and he is selling the rest at a good price. I will check the availability of the products you recommended next week.
Also you said it may sound like there is iron in my sand. If so what will that do to the water quality?
Thanks again for your help.
