I have a small approx 1/4 acre pond. I dug the pond almost 10 months ago and have been struggling with 2” visibility on a good day! I finally found some alum, and added my around 25 lbs via mixing and spraying evenly over surface. I followed that by 10 lbs of hydrated lime. All went well and within 2-3 hrs the results were unbelievable! I had 2’+ visibility and all the fish seemed happy and normal behavior aside from a little shy. It’s been 3 days since and I’m noticing my water is starting to cloud up again, but it’s not the same brown cloud, but rather a teal / grayish blue color. Visibility is down to 1’(+\-). My ph is balanced at approximately 6.8. I have pond loaded with bluegill and a few perch. No catfish. I plan to stock with some largemouth in the fall, but am waiting for the bluegill to spawn. Please help me
Thank you FishinRod, I did setup a bunch of sprinklers on a timer and have them go off 2x a day. As far as the “bog” I have is small, but then again the pond itself is t tremendous. The system I have is a 9000 gph pump near the bottom of the opposite side that pumps the water to the bottom of a 6’ deep x 12’ long by about 6’ wide pit. I filled the pit up with stone using large rock on the bottom and gradually decreasing the size of the stone as I filled it. I have some water grasses that took off as well as Lilly pads and recently planted some elephant ear. The water then flows from that down into a smaller gravel filled pool that’s only about a foot deep but same length and width and I have medium sized river rock and gravel in that along with some of the grass. Then it flows into a very shallow area with all small pea sized gravel before dumping back into the pond. In short it is a 3 tear waterfall. If you see any design flaws in this please don’t hesitate to tell me! I’m open to as many suggestions and criticisms as possible! I am far from sensitive!
