Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain initial stocking questions

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250 LMB are WAY too many to be supported by the few offspring that 500 HBG will produce; even regular BG might be hard pressed to support that number of bass (unless you were concentrating on big BG - but 250 LMB is more predation than you would need for a big HBG pond). Get a grip on a good stocking plan before adding any more fish.

If you are going to run the pump often enough, you can inject the water into the pond via nozzles and get horizontal aeration for free.

I think a lot of the current vegetation will abate, with the GC eating some and the increasing depth of the pond reducing the light available on the bottom for it.