You are correct on the brown water. the water is brown because of run off from rain where the dozer worked. I had a lot of erosion that Im slowly getting under control. Once the erosion is in check I plan to put lime in the water to clear it up. I'm told here by the locals to put the lime in before the fish and wait till the water clears to put the fish. I'm assuming thats because of the PH so Ill check that before putting fish.

i put some of the water in a coke bottle a few months ago and even though there is some sediment, it is still brown. A second coke bottle I added vinegar to cleared right up in few days. I read somewhere this means that straw or hay might clear the water up. Im strongly leaning toward using lime right now but still trying to educate myself first.

thanks for the advice.