Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain 6000 Yellow perch lavae.

Since you have experience growing YP in mini-ponds, your guess would be as good as any member here. A pond 30X40ft at 3 ft deep with seep sides has 1200sqft and close to 13300gal. This gives each fish 2 gallons. I wouldn't expect all 6000 fry stockers to survive to 4-5" due to cannibalism and natural mortality. If you started with 6000 fry I say you are doing very good to get 1000 YP in fall. This gives each fish 13.3 gal to grow in. If the pond has a flow through flow when fish reach 1", the pond could be smaller with less water volume per fish. If you try it please keep us updated to your progress.