my pond is about 1/2 acres with an average depth of 8 feet deep no areas less than 4 feet deep.in the past 3 months i stocked my pond with fingerlings fathead minnows, native bluegills, redear sunfish, and channel cats.i used the recommended number of fish from the book raising trophy bass by bob lusk.my pond had a tremendous amount of algae growth moss through out my pond and the aerator did not eliminate the algae growth.so, today i applied 1 gallon of aquashade to my pond.my question is about how long should it take for the majority of the algae and bottom plant growth to be eliminated? The second question i had is since the algae and plant growth should be eliminated soon should i still wait until spring time to start feeding my fingerlings or should i start feeding them now since the nutrients from the pond should be eliminated very soon? thanks for any help on this subject.