Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Need Help, Starting Over

jawbone - It shouldn't cost more than $40-$50 dollars a year to feed fish (bass/bgill/perch) in a 1/2 ac. pond, even if you used Aquamax the premium feed. $40 will buy you two 50 lb bags; and that should feed plenty of bgill esp if you're not feeding hogish catfish. 100 lbs of quality fish food with a feed conversion ratio of 1.5 -1.7 should produce 58-60 lbs of fish flesh maybe a little more since they are also eating some natural food in the pond. With pellet fed fish also eating natural pond food the conversion ratio sometimes aproaches 1 to l depending on how many pounds of fish are in the pond and what the pond is producing naturally. Thus it's very important to maintain population balance and correct numbers (selective thinning) so growth is optimum among all sizes. Good and proper management is important when growing fish or any crop animal. BCody