How much dye do you add to a ski lake, approx. 12 acres?

[lakeside7455]

How much lake dye does everyone put in for a ski lake? If you read the recommendations I'd have to add a gallon per acre, and I have about 12 acers. However, in past, I only added a few gallons and it seemed fine. Is this enough? It gives it a nice blue color, not sure how much it does to stop weed growth, but a little skeptical on amount recommended.

[Andre]

No experience at all but others will want to know what brand of dye,depth of lake, etc...

It's more volume then surface...

[skiinxs]

Using Sensient dye crystals from Indylake.com I have been using two 5-gallon buckets of blue and two one gallon jugs of black. This is the 4th year and I just added this week. We had a pretty significant weed problem previously, but since using the dye the problem is 100% resolved. We also have grass carp. I think they were overwhelmed before the dye, but my opinion is that the dye reduced the weeds to the point that the grass carp could finish the job. I can't tell you how many acres the lake is, but it is 2,000' long and varies in depth from around 4-1/2' at one end to around 25' at the dam. A drone shot is available HERE which will give you a good idea of the shape. Hope this helps.

[buoyboy1]

I just dyed my 12 acre lake last week. It is 10 feet deep and I used 25 gallons of Aquashade. Calculate the number of gallons in your lake and use 1 gallon for every 1.2 million gallons (other products may vary). My lake worked out to about 30 million gallons. My visibility went from about 6 feet to less than 18" which is what you want to reduce weed growth.

[Horton]

I use mirage dye. I pretty much do it by eye. if I can see the bottom through 18 inches of water then I need to add more dye.

[lakeside7455]

Lake is about 5 ft deep and 12 acres. Most brands recommend 1 gal per acre. Some are a bit different. The question is does everyone follow this dosage or less?

[LoopSki]

Im no help on the subject , but this i

s our water. Dunked 6" down and could not see the bottle. We have zero weeds.

 

 

[lakeside7455]

The other part of question I forgot to ask, do you have fish in the lake, if no weeds how do they survive? That is why I was thinking of lower dosage.

[Horton]

@lakeside7455 Lots of fish in my lake. Trust me no weeds is the way to go. There is no point is dying your water 1/2 way.

[skiinxs]

No effect on fish, never see any floating and way to many bass in the lake.

[lkb]

@skiinxs you mentioned adding two five gallon buckets to your lake. I looked at the indylake website. They show a 25 pound bucket. Is that equal to five gallons? How long does that dose last before you need to add it again?

[skiinxs]

@in Yes, the buckets are the 25 lb buckets. I have added once per year, this is the 4th year. By the next spring the color has faded quite a bit but it seems to last through the weed growing season each year. We have been fortunate to not have any major water over the spillway after I add in the spring.

[lkb]

@skiinx thanks for the info. Think I’ll give it a try.