Alum/hydrated lime/algaecide treatments are very helpful to bind and drop phosphorous and knock out dense phytoplankton blooms. Had Rex do that for me a couple seasons ago, figured I gained at least 5 years of water quality life following treatment. For small ponds it's not an expensive project considering the benefits.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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