I have a small pond just uphill of the new 7-acre pond that I built. I did not want the fish of the small pond to contaminate the new one, so I Cloroxed it. The pond had always been very muddy, but then cattle were using it too. We took the cattle off and poisoned the pond, now it is gin clear.
My question is whether the Clorox somehow chelated the suspended clay, or did the death of the catfish and removal of the cattle result in all the clearing. Two other ponds were not Cloroxed and have also been free of cattle for the same amount of time, but they remain muddy. So it seems to be either a chemical chelation of some kind by the Clorox, or else the catfish are extremely effective at muddying a pond. Any opinions? Many thanks, Tom Pool
