Pond update:

Got about 150 BG delivered via mail. Unfortunately, due to travel stress and the stress of introduction to the new ponds, much of the stock died. Around 20-30 survived in each pond. Enough to breed, but not enough to fish. At least not for a while.

The FA growth is practically gone now. A combination of tadpole and insect grazing took care of it.

We added some more pond plants, including several additional water lilies, water plantain, pennywort, cattails and wild rice.

I have finally got to observe some of the fish that survived. Several of them look very plump when seen from above.

At what size do bluegill start reproducing? A few of the plump fish are around 4" long, 1 particular one - the largest - is about 6". If the fish reproduce at a smaller size, does that mean the stock will be stunted?

The fish we purchased are jumbo BG from Zetts.