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Hi MR
I don't know who you're addressing either but was going to update what's been going on with my pond.
Drained it last fall's and got rid of the billions of bullheads. Wasn't near as much sediment built up in the bottom as I was expecting. Put several tons of no.2 stone in a pit so the small, seasonal brook comming out of my swamp had to run through it before entering my pond. The pond was empty for a couple weeks and then, with some unusually wet weather, filled up in about a month's time and has been nearly full ever since.
I had some watermeal and duckweed that survived on the bank but, even though it is still alive in the pond, it is not growing at all. Last year at this point, I would have already had to skim the surface a couple of times by now to clean it out. Now the plants just sit in small pockets around the ponds edge and appear to be dormant. I haven't fertilized or added any lime for fear that one of them will cause my weed problems to return. I would like to add some lime because my ph is a little off but I'm fearfull.
I would love to hear some opinions on why my dw and wm are not flourishing and what changes made the difference.
Got the fatheads going first thing this spring and the snails and clams are doing their thing. Zetts won't have any perch for another week or so and my plan is to put in 500 prch, 100 bg's and probably 20 cc to keep the weeds and algea in check ( ponds about 3/4 acre, 11ft deep). Any and all comments welcome.
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Don't realistically expect the CC to keep weeds and algae in check. Won't happen. If it does a lot of us want to know about it. BE careful what you believe from Zetts' literature.

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Don't realistically expect the CC to keep weeds and algae in check. Won't happen. If it does a lot of us want to know about it. BE careful what you believe from Zetts' literature.
No kidding. I have never heard of this place before, but what are these fish they are offering. Nothing but slang common names. Bull minnow? Is that a banded killifish? I am almost embarrassed for them. Silver shiner, is that N. photogenis If so they surely don't grow to twelve inches. This is laughable.

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Yes, the bull minnow which is another common name for the banded killifish, Fundulus diaphanus. Silver shiner is actually the common name, golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas. Zett's does like to come up with creative names for their fish...

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Originally Posted By: CJBS2003
Zett's does like to come up with creative names for their fish...


Zetts has come up several times in this thread, and others.

I don't know the Zetts family very well, but I've bought a lot of fish from them over many years.

I do know that Andrew Zetts, and extended family, are very sincere and hardworking people. I love what they do.

Even with their issues, the Zetts are certainly one of the best and most important pond suppliers in the mid-Atlantic area.

They provide fishing enjoyment to thousands in their many ponds, and they provide fun and educational summer employment to many local youngsters.

I have no connection to them, except as a customer.

Nobody is perfect. As an old friend says, everybody fits under the bell curve until you get to know them.

Yes, sometimes "creative" does describe them, and their catalog is fun to read.

Unfortunately, when real estate prices come back, we will lose Zetts. We almost lost them a few years ago, and thankfully for the mid-Atlantic pond owners, real estate crashed.

I don't know of any supplier within several hundred miles who can easily replace them. Our only alternative will be the fish trucks from a long-long ways away.

Anyone who has a chance to visit Zetts would have an enjoyable day. I hope Mr and Mrs Zetts will advertise here one day, and that they will stay in business as long as I have a pond (they are my age).

Ken


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I have bought fish from them in the past and they have always been very healthy. A few times I have found other species mixed in with FHM, but not many. Overall, I would and will buy from them again. Ken is right, the fish farm market in the Mid-Atlantic states is slim pickins at best...

The only other options I have found:
http://www.midatlanticstocking.com/
http://agmap.psu.edu/Businesses/3075
http://www.delmarvaaquatics.com/

Other than those, it way up to PA or down to NC or out west or waiting for the Fish Wagon. Or, as I have done pay crazy fees for shipping fish via UPS or FedEx.

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Check out Fenders Fish Hatchery in SE OH - fendersfishhatchery.com. They deliver to WVA & KY. They farm about 230 acres of water and have larger fish including trout and larger RES (up to 9") in the fall. They are also good people and reputable.


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Thanks Bill for another option... Do you know if they raise their own RES or import them?

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Originally Posted By: Bill Cody
Check out Fenders Fish Hatchery in SE OH - fendersfishhatchery.com. They deliver to WVA & KY. They farm about 230 acres of water and have larger fish including trout and larger RES (up to 9") in the fall. They are also good people and reputable.


I have to agree with Bill 100%. Good people and they know what they are talking about!!!

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Fenders raises almost all, if not all their RES. Some of the larger ones are only avilable in late fall when they drain their larger ponds.


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