The rain must have been my problem too. I was out on the pond this afternoon putting out that floating bucket of fertilizer, pretty neat setup there. Anyways I noticed alot more phytoplankton in the water, much more green-like particles within the water column. All of the light green film that I noticed this morning appeared to have been stirred up into the water column as the winds came. I always get wind, even on calm days.
Visibility is about 24" even with all the new little particles but its definitely decreasing. It seems each time I put out my 10-52-4 water soluble, I would get a big rain within a few days. Now the pond is totally full after a few rains this past week. I'm thinking the time-release tub floating out there should keep the bloom progressing, to the point where it needs to be.
On feeding I've only got a few coppernose that are showing up to feed. It seems there is plenty of other things for them to eat, but a few more seem to show up each day, but definitely no more than two dozen I'd say. I'm only putting out a handful and there is still some left after 30 minutes. However I've got so many dad-gum turtles that, nothing is ever left within 15 minutes of me leaving the feeding ring area
Not much chance of my feed currently adding anything to the pond at the moment.
