Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Fertilization fertilize or feed ?

You will never do everything right for a pond. It is way too complicated and complex. However you can avoid doing some really dumb things if you first ask for advice from knowledgeable people. Well then who is knowledgeable? Good question. This is sort of like asking if your family doctor is knowledgeable about treating pancreatic cancer, but he probably knows where to send you for good answers - treatment.

Sometimes in many cases, just feeding the fish good quality pellets will do as much as needed for growing great fish and keeping things relatively simple with very good results. Correct fertilizing can be pretty tricky if not problematic. The other item for growing good fish with the pellet method is to keep the numbers from being too abundant where too many fish do not get enough food. It is very important to harvest middle and smaller sized fish to keep the total number similar to the total number stocked. More is not always better regarding a healthy balance.

Think of it as body weight once you become a mature adult, adding more body weight usually fatty tissue is rarely good and healthy. More weight (and fish) can often cause direct and indirect health problems and is very similar to what happens in a pond. Keep the body weight and fish numbers in check and both systems function at their best.