Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Fertilizer questions

I posted this with my intro post w/ no replies so maybe it will do better here.

I dug my pond two months ago. A 3/4 of acre pond that is about 2/3 full. I bought and applied some liquid fertilizer from Dunn's (10-34-0) a gallon at a time about 15 days apart starting in late May. I just poured the stuff straight in spread out in different areas of the bank. It seemed to work but i have since applied with a water hose application sprayer.

The first couple of pour in applications apperared to result in a bloom; green streaks throughout the water column that moved around (Pretty neat!). This only lasted a day or two.
Immediately afterward the pond cleared considerably (was really cloudy). I have yet to make a secchi disk so i can't quantify the clarity improvement.

So how long do the blooms last? Should I be seeing more blooms? Should I be concerned if i don't see them? Are they always obvious? How often shoudl i fertilize? Will lack of apparent blooms alter that?

Friday I added about 30 lbs of FHM. The Herrons must have heard the dinner bell, have had several all weekend. And, i have only seen a couple of FHM since. Hopefully they are hiding out. I'd guess any that died were quickly consumed by the new unwelcomed guests so i can't tell what my survival rate was.

I have an abundance of watter bugs and was hoping the FHM would decimate them immediately. No change yet.

A little guidance here please.

See this from the archive.

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=96127#Post96127