Originally Posted by AnglinAngie
Originally Posted by Dave Davidson1
Welcome to PB Angie.

How big is it? Do you mean average of 3 ft or maximum?


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It's like a few unconnected, small farm ponds. Yeah, it's only about 3 ft maximum. It does not really have a lot of shallower area, either. Probably about 8-10 ft diameter but 3 ft deep.


10 ft in diameter is about 78 sq ft and this correlates to about 0.18% of an acre. Wasn't sure if each of the unconnected ponds were this size or not ... but a 10 ft diameter pond will support one adult lepomis species (eg bluegill or long ear sunfish) and additionally many gambusia which would serve as forage and additional mosquito control. If this is intended as pond for viewing fish you might lean toward a longear sunfish as they are very colorful.

Other options might be goldfish ... a larger number could be stocked ... say 10. They would grow as large as on lepomis and be easy to spot. You could grow more of them because they feed lower on the food chain.

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