Pond Boss Forums INTRO New Forum Member Introduction Trees to avoid for cover?

gehajake, when the water runs into my pond from the forest, the amount of tannin that also enters the pond is amazing. I can go from 8'-9' clarity that I have now to about 24" clarity just from the brownish tint.

A customer had the top of an Oak Tree get broken off during a bad storm and fall into a 1/10th acre pond. After 3-4 days the water stank to high heaven and it was a black color with some film on top of it. I yanked out the tree top (this was in June so it was full of leaves) and I think he dodged a bullet because I didn't see any fish floating. Only fish in there were FHM and PS.