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SteveM C/IL 
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 Topic: Cloudy pond water
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 8:35am |
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Rebuilt the pond last summer. It became longer,wider and deeper.It was full back in Jan/Feb with all the rain we were getting.It is 10 ft deep. The dirt is pretty much all yellow clay.Got decent stand of grass growing around it but can still wash a little soil when it rains hard.The water stays cloudy.Old pond was always dirty looking but had them yellow mud cats in it and figured they kept it stirred.This has had minnows left from a fish sale added a couple months ago. Son in law said he heard something about "ionic" problems that could keep water cloudy. The fix was add gypsum? You all ever heard of such?
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Dakota Dave
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 6:18pm |
It takes up to two years after construction for clay to settle out. Bentonite can be use for sealing the clay. Have you taken a sample and let it sit for 24 hours. If it dosent clear after sitting you have other problems. Test your water before you make any changes. My personnel experience is many years ago when dad dug several ponds so I looked on the heres what I found http://publications.tamu.edu/WATER/SCS-2013-02.pdf hope it helps.
Edited by Dakota Dave - 07 Jun 2018 at 8:31am
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 6:57pm |
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Clay can remain suspended for a helluva long time. I rebuilt a pond once and it was a year or two before it cleared up on it's own. If you're in a hurry do some research on flocculants. They cause the particles to bunch up and thus become heavy enough to sink. If I recall my college courses well enough i believe barley straw can be used. But it's been a couple of decades since I studied on it.
Edited by TDF - 04 Jun 2018 at 8:53pm
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Tracy Martin TN
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 9:07pm |
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Barley straw will kill algae in a pond. Tracy
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 9:32pm |
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Took a jar out last evening....waiting to see what it does.Will do some research when I get time. Thanks
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mdm1
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018 at 1:21am |
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Sometimes you just need to leave the pond alone and let it's eco system balance itself out. Do you have a local fisheries biologist?
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 10:32am |
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Jar been setting for 2 days now.Still has light yellow cast like when parked.Nothing in the bottom ie "settled". Interesting. May buy one of those pond test kits just to see what it says. It's a lot bigger issue to my wife than I. She wants pool water.
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Red Bank
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 8:16pm |
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Like others have said it may take a while but I usually treat mine three times a year with aqua blue algaecide. I have noticed after hard rains and the runoff clouds mine the aqua blue helps clear it up faster and plus tints it blue so you might want to try it to make her happy.
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 8:54pm |
Look into Aluminum Sulphate (Alum). This website is a good area to do some research, [URL= http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm. Bryan
Edited by bryani289swmi - 06 Jun 2018 at 8:55pm
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018 at 4:13am |
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are you sure yer not pee'in in it?
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Posted: 07 Jun 2018 at 9:05am |
 Red Bank wrote:
Like others have said it may take a while but I usually treat mine three times a year with aqua blue algaecide. I have noticed after hard rains and the runoff clouds mine the aqua blue helps clear it up faster and plus tints it blue so you might want to try it to make her happy. |
I can gaurentee she will be going for "colored" water as she has commented favorably about all the ones she's seen.
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Posted: 08 Jun 2018 at 8:36am |
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Crayfish infestation can cause this problem also. Put a trap out and see how many you get.
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