Iron Bacteria problems - 02/13/21 11:13 PM
Good afternoon ladies and gents,
I am having a water issue, I cant seem to find much help with it on Google or from a search on this site, and I'm hoping some of you good folks here may have encountered the same issue and have found a solution for it.
To start, I bought a large property last year and have plans to start construction of a approximately half acre pond in the summer. I am hoping to use the pond as both a fishing hole, and ideally a swimming hole. Conditions are fairly good, the water table is fairly low and there are multiple springs that pop up throughout the property that feed into the spot I have chosen. The area I plan to dig the pond is blue clay at approximately 8-10 feet deep, so water retention shouldn't be an issue, this past summer I dug 8 foot hole with the excavator and it held the water at the same level throughout the summer.
My neighbor constructed a pond a few hundred feet from my designated site approximately 10 years ago and has had great success with raising rainbow trout, and up until this past summer he and his family also regularly same in the pond. This year however, he ran into a problem, iron bacteria. After taking a look at his pond I noticed I have the same bacteria growing where my springs pop up, and in my current ditches that channel the springs water off my property. Does anyone have any experience with iron bacteria or know how to rid such a large body of water of it without harming fish?
I have been looking forward to digging my pond for months now, however if the bacteria issue cannot be fixed I would have to think twice, as I don't want a slimy smelly mess.
Thank you all for your time and advice!
I am having a water issue, I cant seem to find much help with it on Google or from a search on this site, and I'm hoping some of you good folks here may have encountered the same issue and have found a solution for it.
To start, I bought a large property last year and have plans to start construction of a approximately half acre pond in the summer. I am hoping to use the pond as both a fishing hole, and ideally a swimming hole. Conditions are fairly good, the water table is fairly low and there are multiple springs that pop up throughout the property that feed into the spot I have chosen. The area I plan to dig the pond is blue clay at approximately 8-10 feet deep, so water retention shouldn't be an issue, this past summer I dug 8 foot hole with the excavator and it held the water at the same level throughout the summer.
My neighbor constructed a pond a few hundred feet from my designated site approximately 10 years ago and has had great success with raising rainbow trout, and up until this past summer he and his family also regularly same in the pond. This year however, he ran into a problem, iron bacteria. After taking a look at his pond I noticed I have the same bacteria growing where my springs pop up, and in my current ditches that channel the springs water off my property. Does anyone have any experience with iron bacteria or know how to rid such a large body of water of it without harming fish?
I have been looking forward to digging my pond for months now, however if the bacteria issue cannot be fixed I would have to think twice, as I don't want a slimy smelly mess.
Thank you all for your time and advice!