Sprkplg....my water is low...small pond. It would be hard to miss a bunch of dead fish in it, especially when treating with the Soilfloc. I would say it smelled "fishy" when I walked down there last night. Not really a rotten smell...but not usual.
Some history of the Pond: it is a watershed pond. I have a church and it's parking lot next door. This drains back into a ditch that feeds my pond, and a cross our yards into my pond. My back yard is 1.5 acres and also flows into the pond. Lived here about 8 years (pond was here when I bought it) and did not see the pond go dry until this last draught. We had the most rainfall ever record here in May. First time I ever saw the overflow pipe in use. Our drinking water lakes were at around 20% prior to the rain and went to 100%. We got very little rain since.
I feel the polymer soup comment(s) is what happened.
This morning I see some minnows alive in the water. I doubt the BG bred due to my water level drop. I will throw the minnow trap out in a week to see what it is, but my bet is tilapia.
My current plan is to clean out what I can get to with a long handled shovel, and wait for rain. When it rains, if available, pick up forage fish and get started for next year.
Long term I plan to put drainage pipes in my yard and drain half my roof into the pond too (1600 sq ft shop, 1900 sq ft house, and a two car wide by two car deep carport...shop and carport are metal roofs).
Sean
Last edited by Boburk; 10/10/15 11:01 AM.
