Hey everybody.

It's been quite some time since I've visited the site, and all has been good until now.

We were just on the edge of the western eyeball of Laura and had 6.5" of rain in the gauge, but 140+ mph winds probably screwed that reading considerably.

Everything was going well, then the pond turned black as burnt oil and with the generator dedicated to the house for 13 days, there was no aeration on the pond until we got power back. Yesterday I found all my adult bass, from 1-4 lbs, several big crappie and virtually every BG over 5" floating dead. I had my surface aeration back in action, but apparently it wasn't enough.

I'm sure the pond has become stagnant and tannic, as now a brown scum is starting to develop and I've seen several BH catfish sucking air.

I NEED SUGGESTIONS QUICK!

I'm running the bottom aeration now, but will have to relinquish that to nighttime due to the heat.

I'm considering building some kind of charcoal filter I can add to the waterfall pump to try to clear up the water and reduce nutrients. Here's my question...

If I load the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket my pump is housed in with lump charcoal, will pulling water over that medium to be sprayed back into the pond have any benefits for the pond?

.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!