Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Stocking New Pond in West Georgia

Goodwin Conserv., the fish in the video are golden shiners spawning, not fathead minnows, FYI.

Yeah I figured that out afterwards.

Even though FHM was what I purchased it was not what I recieved. I'm learning ...so this education was learned the hard way.

Seems as though a hatchery and ethics are not always what they are perceived.

I will be more careful when stocking the BG, LMB and CC.

The farm supply was happy to aknowledge and take care of me due to the mistake...said the hatchery was to call me back...never heard a thing from them.

So looks like what could have been a long standing relationship will be a very short lived one.

GSH are not a bad species to have in your pond depending on the goals you have...

From reading here on Pond Boss I realize it's not the end of the world and all will be ok. But I like getting what I expect when I make a purchase. My request was for FHM my receipt said FHM in my container was GSH. But lesson learned to inspect next time.

In other news: I did not feel as bad when I saw the first Crane ever on my property who flew off when I pulled up today. Obviously he had helped himself to a few of them. LOL :-)

As a note, I added a few pounds of FHM to my brand new pond in the fall of '11. Without feeding I have a bazillion of them now! Since they feed on microscopic life for the most part, your pond is likely already loaded with food for them unless the water is very clean. It doesn't hurt to help them along though.

Luckily I am blessed with a lot of rocks I have been tossing in over the past year or so in heaps for good spawning sites. Lots of flats set on rounds and small piles of rounds. Pallets look darned ugly when the water lowers in the summer, so I yanked them.

I added a cedar tree recently and they flocked to it. It always has movement going on in there.