1) Yes
2) Channel Cats in reasonable numbers (50-200 per acre) should not cloud up the water, especially if they have food. If you have not read posts on feeding CC in that section of the forum, do so. CC big enough to add to a pond once your LMB get larger are pretty cheap, so I encourage you to be conservative in the initial number of catfish you stock.
3) The most complicated question (IMO). Check out the posts in the "Muddy Water" section. Basically, it depends on your soil type/chemistry. Someone close to you in Miss. with the same or similar soil would have the best guess at this time.


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