Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Muddy water Alum question

Like Rainman wrote , thats the right mixture. Check your PH level before you start and keep checking it as you apply the mix. Mix it in 5 gal pails. We used 3 and put them in small boat with trolling motor. Dumped the pails by the trolling motor and keep driving around and though it to try and spread it all over the pond. Took about 4 or 5 hrs to it done. Pond cleared up in about 3 or 4 days. One thing when I bought the alum it was not powder. It was the size of a BB. We used a drywall mud mixer to mix the pail. Not all the BB's dissovled. So there laying on the bottom. I think when the fish spawn or CC stir up the water , the BB's help keep it clean. Ponds been nice and clear , about 2 ft. or so ever since and that was 7 or 8 years ago. In the spring you can see 5 ft. easy. Then the fish spawn and muck it up some.