700 sqft is basically 26X26ft. Many swim pools are bigger than this. A high and average density for stocking LMB in a natural setting is 100LMB/ac which is 1 bass per 435 sqft. See the problem? What you are proposing could be done as a recirculating aquaculture system IF daily careful water quality monitoring took place. You not being there makes your proposal IMO a 100% failure even if you stocked fingerling bass.

To get the fingerling bass to grow naturally they would need abundant natural foods such as invertebrates first and very soon small fish and then larger fish as the bass grow beyond 6". This extra food adds carrying capacity to the pond and highly stresses a small (tiny in your case) ecosystem and the ability of the fish to stay healthy and grow. Fish predators and water quality would be the demise of the un-monitored fish. What you propose could be feasible and with luck if you stocked 6-10 tilapia in the 700sqft "pond". Other poor water quality tolerant fish are bullheads and green sunfish. The fewer fish you stock the more likely your success will be. In that small of a pond it will be very easy for numerous types of fish predators to clean out your crop. And what they don't eat degraded water quality will kill the rest.

Read and study hard the section in our Archives about Carrying Capacity.
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92440#Post92440

Last edited by Bill Cody; 01/14/17 11:19 AM.

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