Knobber, if you haven't recently, send an update on your pond and send pictures. I'm always curious how fellow MI ponds are doing.
My pond is down about 2 feet or more due to dry conditions and dropping water table. I can't sprinkle my lawn and keep house water pressure up while filling the pond at the same time. I can only fill pond in overnight hours and so I decided against trying. We had a little dusting of rain Sunday but just enough to get the top of the soil moist. No run off so pond is going to be low for a while.
It sounds like you have a good aeration setup. Hope it works well for you. I'm aerating about 8 hours at night just to keep pond water as cool as possible and to help mix the heavy duty coating of pollen and oak tree droppings mixed up a bit. Not sure what else I can do till we get more water.
I'm surprised I don't see any new SFS minnows as the waters should be warm enough to allow for spawning.
Post video of your plume if the forum allows
