Hey RC,
Thanks for the perspective- I read your comment the other day, and went ahead and took a day to think about it before replying. I think 'patience' is what I need to tell myself over, and over again. It has been a fun half year- pushing dirt, studying, pushing more dirt, measuring, testing- etc. Finally got water and fish in it and I am raring to go, but the fact is this is a new type of endeavor- and not something I can fix with a wrench in an afternoon ( I rode an RC51 in college if that tells you anything about my personality).

In short I hear you loud and clear.

That being said- with all the moving pieces I have going right now...would it be smart to stop feeding and/or aerating for a while?

- I think I over-estimated the pond size as well, using the calculator that esshup provided *thanks esshup!*, it looks like I am closer to 1-2 acres.