Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Golden Shiners - What size to stock?

With all the flow-through, you might throw a couple small fish in from you pond and see what happens. I think a scum layer on the metal can also decrease zinc leaching, so you might want to wait a couple weeks and try again. If the water is coming from the ground, you might want to have it tumble over something to aerate it.