From the video what size is the pond? The hardwater / alkalinity pond should produce enough natural food to feed a lot of fish; at least 300 lbs per ac. If it were my pond I would feed them just once a day with a maximum of 2/3 to 1 quart of pellets each day. Run feeder to deliver 1/2 to max 1 quart per day. Feeding too many fish results in too much manure to grow too much greenery. Did you tell us what brand of fish food you are using???
I think a good guideline for amount of fish to harvest each year is 60-70% of the total poundage of pellets that were fed each year.
IMO there needs to be a guide somewhere on the Forum to suggest how many pounds of fish should be harvested based on how many pounds of fish food that is fed to the fish. Maybe I can encourage editor Lusk to chime in here or better yet write an article about this topic for the Pond Boss Magazine.
Other fish pros are welcome to provide opinions on this fish harvest rate compared to the amount of fish food added to the pond. Comments???
Last edited by Bill Cody; 07/30/25 01:36 PM.
