Alright I have my new Texas Hunter Feeder and my Aquamax 500, now can someone give me an idea how much to feed and how this equates to run time on this feeder?
I have a new five acre pond with 3000 BG, 1000 RESF and 50lbs of FHM.
Thanks for the help,
Pat
Pat, IMO observation is the key to pond management if you are fortunate to monitor trial and result on frequent basis.
I don�t pay much attention to pound of feed per second or how much feed consumed in a specific time period, but by observation.
How vigorous feeding?
Time of day feed schedule on seasonal basis?
Feed consumed vs. waste on bank?
Too many variables for blanket advice.
When on site, the best way for me to determine amount of feed per second is to mark feed level and fill above mark with 10 lbs of feed.
Set TH feeder on 10 second feed time based on your daily feeding schedule - when feed level returns to mark do the math.
It�s been a number of years since I ran this test for AQMX 600, IIRC it was approximately 1.5 lbs/10 seconds.
I suspect different TH feeders will have differing feed amount due to spin plate adjustment.
Good luck feeding for maximum growth
George Glazener
