Hi all, new to this forum. Found both the forum and homepage of tremendous help in learning how to approach pond management.

I am currently undertaking a project to help a friend set up 2 ponds, both 1/4 acre in size and stock them with a few species.

He will likely construct an additional pond (perhaps 2) that will be fed by the water from the other 2 ponds. Given the property, building bigger is not possible.

I came here in large part to seek further info to help him set up a proper system as a sustainable, minimal work way to provide some fish for his family as food. Perhaps that is idealist, I dunno, but I would love to get your feedback on the project. The details are here in another area of this forum:

http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=249876#Post249876