Originally Posted by Ant493
Would an alum treatment or some sort of binder help out in the meantime to reduce the nutrient load? Or is that something the aerator will take care of?

The aerator will not help with the nutrient load, it might mitigate some nutrients by allowing the bacteria at the bottom of the pond to start working, but to remove or bind up nutrients the algae needs to be removed or a binder needs to be applied. Honestly, to ensure that the binder is working, a water sample pre-application and post application should be done so that you have quantitative numbers for nutrient reduction.

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