Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Soil questions New pond in North Central Tx- will it work?

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Cliff notes:

If the volume of clay soil is enough to line the pond bottom with 18" thick layer, then you should be OK. If not, then go the liner route.

You don't want to feed pellets but it's OK to stock FHM annually. Considering both are "food" the cost per pound of fish flesh grown per pound of "food" is much better to swallow when considering fish food pellets vs. FHM. Now, should I be saying this as a person that sells FHM for pond stocking? Probably not. FHM feed fish up to around 8" in length. It takes about 10# of FHM to grow one pound of fish flesh. It takes at the most 2# of good quality fish food to grow 1# of fish flesh. $60 of Optimal Bluegill food will grow give or take 30# of fish flesh. How much would 300# of FHM cost you? Not to mention the possibility of introducing an unwanted fish species if the supplier used wild caught FHM..... Just saying it's not wrong to want to feed FHM, it's just not the most logical thing to do when it comes to a budgetary standpoint.