It would work out to about 10-12 pounds per acre per day. I was feeding about 70 catfish, and however many BG that would try to compete with them. I mixed about four parts Optimal BG to five parts 32% catfish pellets for most of the growing season. I will need to dress out a bunch of CC before summer. I plan to feed about two to three weeks in the spring to fatten them up, then start catching more of them out. Hopefully, catch about forty or more. About fourteen are albinos, going to keep feeding those all summer.
Likely I didn't have water quality problems last summer because of the leak of about 5/8 inch per day, and all the rain and pumping to keep the pond to a near constant level within 12 inches or less of full and 1/4 acre in area. After the pond dropped a lot, the water was already getting cool into fall, and feeding was being cut back.
