My CC will even stir up the bottom when it is feeding time. They come near shore to get some of the AM400 I am hand feeding the small BG. I even sometimes put in some sinking catfish food so they will stir up the bottom and keep the nutrients from becoming sludge.

But this pond had a layer of topsoil put down before it filled and my sediment settles back out pretty quickly after they stir it up.

My old pond when cleaned out was clay. And the BH in it do stir it up and keep it a little turbid at times. The good side to that is, I have very little problem with FA growing on the bottom because of it. The pond does clear up enough to get a good algae bloom and generally healthy water. But I did have it pretty clear with lime treatment till I had a BH spawn and lots of small BH. Now it has become a little more turbid than it was. Waiting for the LMB to spawn and put the hurt to future BH generations.

Last edited by snrub; 05/11/16 03:23 PM.
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