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Posted By: SCRUFFY48 Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/22/21 04:41 PM
I have fertilized my pond 3 times as per instructions. I am using Pond Perfect Plus. The water temp was above what it said per instructions , even though we did have some recently cold weather here in North Texas . I made my own secki disk and before I fertilized it was at 32" . I have fertilized 3 times every other week and it is still at 32" . What gives ? Do you think when water gets really nice and warm it will take off or is it money thrown away ? I have BG coming tomorrow I guess I will be feeding them , I was wanting to get my pond water right then do supplemental feeding. Any thoughts or suggestions is appreciated.
Posted By: esshup Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/22/21 05:13 PM
Originally Posted by SCRUFFY48
I have fertilized my pond 3 times as per instructions. I am using Pond Perfect Plus. The water temp was above what it said per instructions , even though we did have some recently cold weather here in North Texas . I made my own secki disk and before I fertilized it was at 32" . I have fertilized 3 times every other week and it is still at 32" . What gives ? Do you think when water gets really nice and warm it will take off or is it money thrown away ? I have BG coming tomorrow I guess I will be feeding them , I was wanting to get my pond water right then do supplemental feeding. Any thoughts or suggestions is appreciated.

What is your pond water alkalinity?
Posted By: SCRUFFY48 Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/22/21 09:33 PM
My ph level is 7.5 and my Alkalinity is 190 ppm , I didn't check these before I did the pond fertilization , doh ! I did it just now when I saw your post, used the kit from my hot tub. , LOL
Posted By: esshup Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/23/21 04:07 AM
Originally Posted by SCRUFFY48
My ph level is 7.5 and my Alkalinity is 190 ppm , I didn't check these before I did the pond fertilization , doh ! I did it just now when I saw your post, used the kit from my hot tub. , LOL


Good going! I wouldn't put any more in there until the water warms up a bit, in the upper 60's to low 70's you should see the bloom starting.
Posted By: SCRUFFY48 Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/23/21 12:57 PM
Doesn't my Alkalinity seem a little high ? I took water sample from edge of bank , going to take another from middle of pond. Kind of new to this . THANKS
Posted By: Bill Cody Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/23/21 02:38 PM
Is the pond bottom bare or are there plant forms such as filamentous algae and or other bottom growing plants present? What is the water temp?
Posted By: ewest Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/23/21 02:41 PM
200 is perfect alkalinity for pond fish. It sounds like water temp is limiting factor currently. Don't put any more fertilizer in the pond until water temps rise some and you see results. You don't want the visibility to go from 32 to 6 as that can create major problems.
Posted By: esshup Re: Pond Fertilizaion questio - 04/23/21 03:01 PM
Ours is in the 190 range all the time.
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