Originally Posted By: Redonthehead
Originally Posted By: Rainman


Pouring the alum into a bucket like that would result in one huge chunk of alum.


I really don't think it will. It won't be dumped in all at once - it will be "metered" or poured in slowly and I expect the hose to suck it up. There will probably need to be adjustments made to the holes/pump rate. Perhaps even remove the suction screen.

Hopefully I won't need to do it anyway after I get the banks covered with grass and new water flushes out the muddy water.


You may be right....after mixing and applying tens of thousands of pounds of alum, it's been my experience that any dead spot not agitated creates globs of alum glue.

A better way might be to use a small barrel with overflow tubes that you can pour the alum into and use the trash pump outlet to mix....Kelly Duffie made a setup like that and I think it worked fairly well on smaller ponds.