Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding new pond-suggested feeding

I have a new 3/4 acre pond..stocking 4,000 fat heads,
1000 golden shiners, 400 adult bg, and 50 6-8" catfish..I fertilized the pond a couple weeks ago..I am putting fish in today and have a feeder ready to go..have read multiple post about feeding and still wondering about how much to fed per day and number of feedings..can someone give me some direction..thanks for all the info..

Where are you located at? Here in Texas we are just starting to reccomend people to get feeders going again. A lot will depend on your water temps. To begin set your feeder to go off once a day for 3-4 seconds until you get activity. When fish start getting more active, say in a couple of weeks, you can bump up feeding to twice a day. Let your fish tell you how much they will eat. If all food is consumed within 5 minutes you aren't feeding enough. If food is still on water after 5 minutes your feeding too much. All of this can be adjusted in your feeder.

Bottom line: Feed what the fish will eat in 10 minutes.

In a new pond, with newly stocked fish, this early in the year - that may not be very much, for a while.

A new pond - hasn't filled up with fish. Food supply is likely to exceed demand.
Newly stocked fish - will be disoriented for a little while.
Early in the year - water and air temps will be low (very dependent on your location/climate - what's your 20?), with fish metabolism correspondingly depressed.

I'd try hand feeding small amounts, being consistant wrt location and timing each day, until they start taking feed well. Then fire up the autofeeder.

Thanks for the reply..I have a feeder placed at the end of a dock going into about 12 feet of water..I am in south texas near victoria..the pond was very clear until a week ago..

water temp around 70 degrees at this time..the pond is being filled from a well for the past month...i was concerned about lack of food supply in this new body of water..