I completely agree with you Eastland. Basically we need a pond owners manual. "The Complete Idiots Guide to Pond Management." Or "Pond Management for CPAs and Other Dummies."

One complication that I can see is simply the amount of variables to take into account when managing a pond or diagnosing a problem. I hate to admit it and will probably receive a scarlet letter for mentioning this but I haven't (yet) purchased Bob's latest book "Perfect Pond." Does this new book have anything like that in it?

oh and before you all start yelling at me for not buying Perfect Pond, I want to make it publicly known that I do own three other of Bob's books and I have been a magazine subscriber for two years.

JHAP
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