I stocked our BG, RES and FHM when the pond was half full and filling and they did fine. Keep in mind that is a lot of water and area for just a few pounds of fish biomass. Main thing is they have food either via a good "bloom" in the water or artificial feed.

I originally was not planning on feeding my fish. But after buying my first bag of feed and "trying it" I was hooked watching the fish feed. FHM will take right to feed and the BG will soon follow their lead.

John

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