Welcome to PB posting Chris. Because many of us have know each other for a while we sometimes get short with each other. Sometimes we discuss the minutiae of things and never get a good answer - but we all learn from the effort. There is a lot of very good info on the Forum. Most answers of any value start with facts - the more the better. Water quality and carrying capacity are 2 key concepts. Two more are know your fish species and how to manage them. A lot of that is present in the answers /advice above. Keep asking questions and reading and you will be able to have the pond you want.