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Message: [QUOTE="Meyer Jordan, post: 351271, member: 7131"] First of all, many thanks to Meyer and everyone else who is responding. I can't tell you how much we appreciate being able to ask all these questions. --elizabeth 1. Sunken diffusers: While of course it is possible the diffusers have sunk into some of the sediment, the sand weight underneath the diffusers are about 6" tall and the air bubbles coming to the surface are clear and the turbidity in the immediately surrounding water appears to be no worse than anywhere else. [COLOR=#4da6ff]Considering the age of this pond, there is very likely much more than 6 inches of sediment on the bottom.[/COLOR] 2. Dredging: How would one go about doing such a thing when there is no way to get any kind of large equipment to the pond? [COLOR=#4da6ff]You certainly have an access dilemma. Another option (which you won't like is to drain the pond and remove the sediment manually. Short of doing that, your present use of an aerator is your only option. [/COLOR] 3. We have been running the diffusers 24 hours for the last 2 months. Should we be running them only at night? How much time should we give this? Any idea how long before we should see (positive) results? [COLOR=#4da6ff]24 hours a day will not hurt, but running aeration only a night would be sufficient[/COLOR] 4. Is all the detritus in suspension harmful to the fish? [COLOR=#4da6ff]No.[/COLOR] 5. We added a Pond Boss PRO Block, Bacteria Maintenance, 5 lb. to the pond today. [COLOR=#4da6ff]Waste of money. this pond (with the aeration) will already has all of the bacteria that it can support[/COLOR] 6. We are wondering about applying soluble gypsum. How does one go about doing this? We have read that simply broadcasting by hand on the surface is barely, if at all, effective. And, again, there is no way to get any kind of large equipment to the pond. We have a small motorless rowboat but no pump. We have read about doing it via slurry, but no one has said how to actually do that effectively. [COLOR=#4da6ff]Gypsum can be effective in reducing TSS (Total Suspended Solids), but it would not be fast acting either and \, in your case, might require multiple applications. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Is the aerator somewhat centrally located in the pond? And in a deep section?[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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