Cloudy pond water
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Topic: Cloudy pond water
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Subject: Cloudy pond water
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 8:35am
| 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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Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date 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" rel="nofollow - http://publications.tamu.edu/WATER/SCS-2013-02.pdf hope it helps. |
Posted By: TDF
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 6:57pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 9:07pm
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Barley straw will kill algae in a pond. Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2018 at 9:32pm
| Took a jar out last evening....waiting to see what it does.Will do some research when I get time. Thanks |
Posted By: mdm1
Date 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? ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 10:32am
| 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. |
Posted By: Red Bank
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 8:16pm
| 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. |
Posted By: bryani289swmi
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2018 at 8:54pm
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Look into Aluminum Sulphate (Alum). This website is a good area to do some research, [URL= http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm" rel="nofollow - http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm . Bryan ------------- Sticks and stones may break my bones but hollowpoints explode on impact. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2018 at 4:13am
| are you sure yer not pee'in in it? |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2018 at 9:05am
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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Red Bank wrote:Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2018 at 8:36am
| Crayfish infestation can cause this problem also. Put a trap out and see how many you get. |