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#212174 04/09/10 03:28 AM
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I have a small 1/4 acre pond directly upstream from the main pond. The pond is about 3 foot deep and feeds directly into the lower pond from an 8 inch culvert. I am thinking that tilapia would be a good choice but I have know idea how you would transfer the fish to the lower pond. I am assumeing that heavy rains would not transfer many fish. Would converting the 8 inch drain into a siphon and running without a screen relocate any fish?

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How far apart are the two ponds?

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It may just be a good idea to manually transfer them to keep somewhat of a control on it and learn a bit. But then again, I really don't know much

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Why not just seine them?


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Seine is probably your surest option. I have a feeder pond with only a dam separating it from main body of water. I have a 14" diameter pipe discharging water from feeder to main. The feeder pond only has fathead minnows in it. I suspect some go through the pipe as you can almost always catch fish where water falls out of pipe; but also suspect it isn't many. I would anticipate even less with larger fish like your tilapia.

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