Kendall,

A common recipe for organic fertilization is to start with 300 lbs/acre of organics and supplement with 50 lbs/acre as needed to maintain bloom (usually no more frequently than once every week or two). 80 lbs of feed is 320 lbs/acre in a 1/4 pond.

Although the weight is comparable to standard treatments of organic fertilizer, please keep this in mind. Usually organic fertilizers have protein proportion of 15 to 18% by weight. If your feed is say 40% protein, then it is more like adding more than 600 lbs of organic fertilizer in terms of nitrogen mobilized. You should expect an intense bloom to develop and eventually dissipate. Normally speaking, this would be a very high addition during hot weather and may come with risk .... but ... especially if you have aeration you will most likely make it through this without incident. If you don't have aeration, I know folks have jetted water with a pump to maintain O2 in an emergency. What level of bloom you get will depend in part on other water parameters like alkalinity. Your mileage will be different than others. If this had happened to me I would stop feeding for now and watch for the resultant bloom. When it dissipates you can resume feeding then.

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