Hi,

I'm in southern Virginia. We built a 1.25 acre pond on our farm 3 years ago, and stocked it over the following two years with FHM, BG and, later, LMB. The fish are growing phenomenally well and reproducing, and the bass grew to 14" in just over a year. When I walk the pond all I see is health...fish, tadpoles, herons, geese, frogs, you name it.

The pond is 11.5' deep at the dam, and only 1-2' deep at the other end, where it is fed by two small streams and a couple of underground springs. In three years the pond has never been below the top of the pipe at the dam...always full.

Last week, we received 12" of rain in a 6 day period. Of course, there's a lot of turbidity now, but what's concerning me is all these algae in the pond. Last year I noticed some in the shallow end, but this year it's floating all over the pond.

What is the best way for me to deal with this/treat this? As a side note, we do everything organically on my farm so I'd love to continue that with the pond. And there's no chance there's a run-off issue of chemicals, etc. into the pond, as both streams originate in our woods.

Thanks for your help. Images attached.

Tim

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