I have a shipment BCP that supposed to be delivered this week for a 3 acre pond. Now with that being said I will also state that I am doing crappie for the first time on a small scale. I have been doing pond fish for many years. I am thinking BCP is going to be by far the hardest fish I will have had to manage in a small pond. Schmidts I did not link that article intending to influence you to stock Crappie and was just answering the question you asked. I am stocking them in a pond that I will be willing to drain and start over at anytime. That is why the fish are in a pond I can drain in a day & let dry out. Then I can refill it in 2 weeks when I get ready with my High volume well and start over. Please make sure you know what want and the risk before you make your final decisions.