=canyoncreek]Great to see another Michigander join the forum. There are several of us from mid-MI, SE and SW MI. I'm not sure we have any members from the U.P. of MI. Tell us about the fish/critters in your pond. You said it isn't very clean. Do you mean it is murky or there is algae? Do you have crayfish?[/quote]
I feel like I need to start a new post as I think it will be long. I know nothing about correct pond care. I have about 1/3 acre maybe, its about 90'x120' kidney shaped.
It is about 25 years old. When I built my house, because of all clay, I needed a raised septic field. So I dug a pond for about 2500 yards of fill. The guys digging it did many ponds so we started right. It has a slope then a drop off trench thru the middle. Its 20' deep in the middle. I stocked hybred blue gills and large mouth bass. I have been airating for 20 years. I have no winter fish kill. Also frogs a few crayfish. The pond fills every spring from run off. Problem is its farm run off and I think the fertilizer is growing weeds and thick surface alge. I've tried the market versions of natural bacteria but it just don't work. Only thing that helps is copper sulfate but now I think the dead alge is giving me the brown water. That's it in a nut shell.
http://forums.pondboss.com/tmp/15849.jpghttp://forums.pondboss.com/tmp/15850.jpghttp://forums.pondboss.com/tmp/15851.jpg
