I have a 1 acre pond dug in 1999 that's around 12 feet at it's deepest. The problem is the water is a brownish color all summer. In the spring it's pretty clear for a while. Anyone ever tried the pond clear chemical from Tractor Supply Co.? Does it work? Anything else I could do?
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cchoate, I dug a 2.5 acre pond last summer. Finished with it in September, right before the rains hit. All winter and most of the spring it was very muddy looking.
I bought 4 gallons of Crystal Blue (spelling) from Tractor Supply. Put 2 gallons in, and it turned the water a really nice shade of blue/green. Shortly after, we had another heavy rain, and most of the water in the pond must have turned over, as it turned more brown again. Added another gallon about a month ago. The color now is perfect - kinda like a light green or blue, depending on how the sun is shining. Sure beats the brown color it used to have.
I think the Crystal Blue was about $35 per gallon. I would put 1 gallon in your pond and see what you think. It takes about a day for it to get distrubuted throughout the pond. Each time it rains, and some water runs out, and the color will lighten a little.
I also put a gallon in my about an acre pond 2 weeks ago...turns it a funky shade of blue at first but it settled after a day or so, and all the neighbors really like it and have commented on how much nicer my pond loks than anyone elses!
I just walked around the perimeter with the jug and sprinkled it out every few feet, it somehow blew its way all around the pond.
I got it from tractor supply also....I had a neighbor who used aqua-blue from the feed store, and he wasn't nearly as impressed with that stuff (at twice the cost!) as he was with my TSC crystal blue!
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