We met at the pond this morning, Ph good in the 7 range alk over a hundred. Water looks good condition. Problem is low DO @ 3.4 a foot under the surface and 2. 41 3' down in 4' water depths. Vegetation is defiantly the problem and low DO is what I expected. It was cloudy when we checked. Concern about treating any vegetation at this time because of low DO and killing more fish so he leans toward no treatment at this time, the water is just to hot. Recommended 24/7 diffusers run. I see his point, fish may die to to hot water but they are dying now because of vegetation and hot water, so turn it up. Will see how the rest of the summer goes and how many more fish die? We did not have a total fish kill but it may not be over yet because of the BPW. Recommendation's were to treat pond with Sonar all at once when the water is cool in late Feb early March. Till then wait and see and hope.
Frank, sorry but the 9 lbrs caught were 4 and half yrs old.
Last edited by TGW1; 07/24/20 12:59 PM.
