Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose how small can a fish pond be?

Fed them 600 mostly. I got the large bass pellets and they weren't as interested.

I have 2 year old feed trained bass. They have become much less aggressive when it is feeding time. There is no other forage in the pond for them. They seem content to wait for the pellets to sink before eating. Where last year they would almost hit the feed before it hit the water. Is that what you saw in your pond they are 15-16 " now.

No just not that interested in the big pellets.

You may not think you have forage but your bass will canabilize on their young and I'll bet you have significant reproduction of bass. My wife and I were surprised to find thousands of chunky little one to two inch bass hanging around the two diffusers in the pond when we snorkled. However when I drained the pond there were hardly any to be found. Obviously they were being eaten.

My guess is the YOY bass hung around the diffusers, as it was a place to eat zooplankton, but may also may have been somewhat of partial safe zone, as I noticed most of the larger fish avoid the water in the air bubble stream.

This is all great information about raising fish in a small pond.

Well I couldn't see being all that satisfied with my 0.05 acre pond- so I sold my house and bought one that sits on a 5 acre glacial lake in our current neighborhood. Though I don't own the pond- I'm sure it's your standard blue gill LMB population. Our new house sits at the shallow end,and there's a fair amount of algae coverage this time of year- not very attractive and not sure it'll be good for fishing. Any harm in skimming some off the surface? Adding a fountain also should help keep that down right? Thanks

Well AB skimming some off the surface is fine, but a fountain or an air system will not get rid of your algae. If might where the fountain is but that's about it.

Like many others have said there is to much nutrients in your pond that's why you are getting the algae. There is no quick fix for getting rid of algae except for 2 things and they will only fix it for a short time.

1. A real hard rain will knock a lot of it down back into the water and mix it up, but it will come back.

2. Chemicals will take care of it for the time being but it will come back from that also.

Until you get your nutrient load under control in your pond it will keep coming back. Sometimes not as bad as others but it will be back.

You also need to find / figure out what type of Algae it is. That will help you better make a choice as to how to tackle it.

RC

P.S. Bill Cody knows his stuff when it comes to Algae he may be able to help you out if you could post a pic of what you have.