I once talked to a guy who put some bass fry in a 50 gallon aquarium. First he fed them flake type fish food and ground pellets. Then he went to full pellets when he put them in a 1/10 acre pond. He stocked them without prey for the first 3 or 4 months. Next he added fatheads but, at first, kept tossing pellets. He de watered the pond and put everything in a larger pond. They kept eating the pellets and assumedly preyed on bluegills.

And then, one of our West Texas droughts hit that ended the experiment.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa