Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Possible insights to enhanced feeding?

Leo, the majority of BG in my pond were sourced from a local lake, and haven't seen a pellet before being stocked into my pond. The lake was last stocked by the DNR in 1969. I stocked a couple hundred YOY BG from Cecil 2 years ago, but with the predators in the pond I doubt enough survived to make a difference. They were stocked right before the winter, so there was little cover for them to hide in for a number of months and their growth in that time would have been minimal.

Leo, I ordered 250g of the stuff, I'll report on any changes that I see. How much of the trimethylglycine should I add to, say, a pound of floating pellets?

I have a gram/grain scale that will read to 0.1 grain (7,000 grains in a pound).

Scott, I'm suspecting you got the 2M concentration. Try 1tspn per lb of dry mix first. Make sure to add it into the warm water, stir well to fully dissolve, then either sprinkle the solution over the dry pellets, or mix into your own ingredients. Let me know of the reaction first before dumping more of the TMG into the solution.

Thanks Leo. I'll hydrate the pellets like Cecil is doing and report back on how the fish take to them vs. the non-treated, non-hydrated pellets.