One of the nations largest Hybrid Striper Farms is Silver Streak, located near El Campo, TX on the gulf coast. Summertime elevated water temps this far south are surely stressful on HSB, but they overcome this with substantial surface aeration with paddlewheels. Cooling pond water with well water is not efficient IMO, but is a nice secondary benefit to keeping your pond full in the summer. Adequate surface aeration is the most important key to HSB survival through the heat of the summer. We deal a line of Kasco surface aerators that are perfect for this.
