I did the jar test prior to going the hatchery ....1 gallon of water starts clearing in about an hour, 3 days later completely clear. On the first night of the test, I inspected the sample and seen thousands of what appeared to be swimming organisms.
They recommended the alum sulfate to help settle any particles stirred up by the crayfish and frog activity, and hybird bluegill to feed off the organisms.... Has been 10 days since I introduced the fish and sprayed the alum slurry onto the surface....I can now see the puffs of mud when the crayfish, frogs and minnows run from the edge....This pond is clay soil bottom and has never had any fish in it, until now. The crayfish have started making mud towers into the yard and around the edges of the pond.
