Hi Captain:

I'm glad your water is improving. I've been reading about your problem and what you have been doing to resolve the muddy water. Is the Potts Feed store in Quitman owned by Henry Potts that owns the one in Emory? I didn't know they had a place in Quitman.

Before you mentioned that you had to go to Henderson to get gypsum. Potts couldn't order it, or was there not a place closer?

I really don't have muddy water but it does have a stain. Actually before I fertilize it is too clear. But when I built my pond they had hit the water table and I remember the nice clear green before it filled up to the dam. I know that I need to add lime and am going to get the water tested this next weekend. I was just wondering if I added gypsum if I could improve the look of the water and perhaps even get by with fertiliziing a bit more. Do you have the prices on what the gypsum would cost? I doubt I would go with the general recommended rate per acre since my water isn't too bad and I like to add things gradually, including fertilizer, it is just to hard to estimate the volume acre. And it changes. My water level is dropping some each week and the water is getting darker green because the nutrients and or plankton are remaining in the reduced water volume. And there is a paradox. Even though the water looks darker I can see further down than I could a few weeks ago. Go figure.

I'm glad you are enjoying your pond. I have my own problems with the size and quality of fish so I really don't fish that much but I swim and enjoy just looking at the water and the nature around it. I hope in a year or two I will have some fish I enjoy catching.

Good luck and hope to hear from you,

Bill

I wish I had the tenacity of GSF!