Not sure if this is right category for this.
I have a 1/4 acre pond average depth 8-10' with the middle being 15-16' deep as it sits. It was dug last fall and filled up quickly, water clarity varies with rain, mud influx, but is generally 1-2' into a clay like colored water. bottom af pond is a modeling clay consistency.
I had plans this spring to only add FHM but that plan was trumped by my 84 year old Dad with the reasoning of " I aint waiting one more year to catch fish outa your pond"....so , needless to say he stocked the pond the way he wanted....
hehe.
any way. this spring he bought 30 x 10-12' trout, half brown, half rainbow, 75 yellow perch, and 3 catfish. I bought 10 pounds of FHM.
all was well, fish were eating pellets, very active etc.
We had a fish day yesterday and he had ordered 25 more rainbows, catfish and I bought 16 pounds more FHM.
previous to the second stocking I had lost 1 brown and 2-3 rainbows, due to swallowing hooks and "someone" not just cutting the line.......again, hehehehe.
but as of this past week I've found an additional 3-4 more healthy looking rainbows just floating.....
not sure what to make of it.
I have an aerator coming Friday along with a water testing kit, I also happened to treat the pond last Monday with "muck pucks" but followed the directions and actually under-treated due to not buying enough.
my ability to measure water temp kinda stinks as the thermometer i have just gets the surface temp which is 65 deg.
the pond stays shaded and walking in the shallow end I can tell that part of the bottom water is much colder than that.
Now i understand that this pond may not be able to support trout, but I figured the best way to find out is to buy and try....
My question ( I know, finally) is , with the info provided, does it sound like to warm water?, maybe not enough oxygen in water???
thanks in advance for advice/patience..
