Adam Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 anyone know anything about clearing up a murky/muddy pond. If I could I would like to do it without chemicals as there is no fresh water entering/exiting the pond. Just still water. Any site/book/info would help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
street pilot Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Dig until you hit a spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Thats a neat problem. If its not fed by a creek then it would be still water so there may not be alot that can be done. I see alot of ponds in the hay fields and they are usually dryed pretty good in the middle of summer and fill back up again through the wetter months. Why would you want to clear it anyway? Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 to swim in or just to be able to do something with it at sometime, it is a recently built pond so the water is very muddy. I thought carp cleaned mud from water, maybe i'll just put a whole bunch of those sucker fish in there until they are about 12 feet long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Brita water filter? Adam, are you going to be around next weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Zebra mussels? The did wonders for cleaning up Lake Erie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 hmm i'll look into them, but weren't they more of a pollution cleaning answer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Rex Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Zebra mussels also are killing the walleye population in Lake Erie... those things are bad news. Fountains are good for air-rating(sp) the water. Id put some catfish in there for sure. Try to line the bottom with soft stones to help fish breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowmotionMotorsports Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 I will ask my wife (who is the director of franklin county greenways at MORPC). She helped start the watershed movement in Ohio and knows a ton about fresh water conservation. PS zebra mussels are the worst thing you can do!! Joshua SlowMotion Motorsports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowmotionMotorsports Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Here is a link: http://www.franklinswcd.org/Ponds/PondM.htm Hope this helps!! Joshua SlowMotion Motorsports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vee21 Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 My neighbor has a similar type of pond. He installed a windmill that runs an air pump to aerate the water. I would not say that the pond is algae free but it is much better that the other ponds in the neighborhood. Or you could use copper; it makes the water a pretty bluish/green color. Shad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 depends on what the problem is. My dad (hydrologist) says many differnet things can cause the water clarity to be poor. Lack of O2 can cause the algae growth to increase. Nitrates can as well, go buy an aquarium test kit and test for nitrites and nitrates. If you have a high nitrate count you need more plants to suck them up. mussels filter water, dont put in zebra mussels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowmotionMotorsports Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Also please but in some kind of fountain or something that will keep the water moving or it will become a huge mosquito breading ground. Joshua SlowMotion Motorsports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 a little algae not much though, mostly really muddy water that isn't seeming to settle, i'll take some pictures of it soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 thanks for the site josh, good info their Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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