Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose worried about overpopulation

1:4 or 1:5 are typically used. Even if you go heavy on the Redears initially, they will be outnumbered by the BG after one or two reproductive seasons. I stocked RES/BG/HBG at 1:1:1; the HBG were not seen at all after 2-3 years, and the BG catch has always outnumbered the RES catch by about 20:1 (part of that is likely that BG tend to be more aggressive and easier to catch).