Thanks Bill, I sort of figured that. I know my mother doesnt want to lose her big goldfish. I dont think she cares if the young end up as snacks. Thus we were trying to figure out what to use as a starting point where we didn't lose the big goldfish. Thats why I thought of YP. I thought that maybe after a few years and beore the YP became stunted we could add some SMB to the pond as well to help the YP. I am not sure that SMB would be good in her pond as it is not as deep as mine. But I wanted to see what would make the most sense.

To me it would be easy to take the excess from my pond to help hers out, but I didn't know what would be best for her pond with the mix she would start out with.

Either way all thoughts are appreciated.


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1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY