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Todd this is typical gov't work. Lots of work for really not much good info. You need to have your fecal coliform level checked for human health (swimming) concerns. We woudl love to have 39 alkalinity so I think tht is pretty darn good. We will do this in July on about 100 metro ATL lakes. lab charges us about $40 so you might have to pay little more but worth it to put mind at ease (hopefully). You will need to keep pond water on ice until you get to the lab.

If you get it tested email us and we can tell you if high or not. GL.


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Originally Posted By: esshup
Originally Posted By: Todd3138
The FA is another issue, but they seem to have fun with that, too!


Tilapia should take care of that. Where's Waldo?? wink grin


Regrettably, not coming this year so chemicals it shall be. frown


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Thanks for the input, Greg.


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Todd, I may have missed it but how much FA do you have?

If you decide to Nuke it, use Cutrine Plus with a little bit of diquat mixed in. You can get both at Tractor Supply.

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Dave, I don't know how to really quantify the FA accurately. At times it seems to be in little clumps over most of the pond, but really spread out. When the wind blows, it gathers up in a continuous mat that probably runs around about 1/3 of the pond, maybe only 1/4, in a mat that it perhaps 10 feet or so wide.

I raked out a bit of it on Wednesday and hit about 1/2 of it with cutrine plus. We're out of town now till Tuesday, so I'm anxious to see what we return to and what the treatment does. Is the diquat for the watermeal, or something else?


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Diquat is just another contact herbicide. Ted lea told me to try a little with the Cutrine Plus for FA. It worked very quickly.


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Thanks, Dave.


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