Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Adding TFS to new unfertilized pond

Dye limits sunlight penetration. Which cuts out the bottom of the food chain (reduces phytoplankton amounts). Pond dye doesn't do much for water shallower than 4 feet or so. If you want to have TFS, it will hurt their food source.

The chemicals that you use in the pond are rated for pond use, and I have no qualms about using them. For instance, Cutrine Plus has no time restriction from use to a person swimming in the water. Use it once or twice, add Tilapia. Doing that uses less chemicals than treating the pond every 2 weeks for FA. Dye won't cut back a lot of the FA growth because sunlight can still reach the bottom of the pond in 3'-4' of water unless you REALLY use a lot of dye (think tidy bowl blue).