new 3/4 acre pond complete in september 2020, it is full. built a dock , enclosed it with coated 1x1" square fencing, with rocks under the dock and cinder blocks all around the fencing. built another minnow protection habitat at other end of pond , same thing, coated fencing, rocks inside, cinder block around outside in 3' of water. built 5 pvc tubing trees in 5 gallon buckets along the bottom of pond, and a bunch of pvc piping minnow breeding stations throughout the bottom of pond.

just stocked 2000 FHM last week, will be getting crayfish and snails in june. i've read about daphnia and would like to know if / how i should stock them ? i do have 2 stakes driven into the ground in about 2' of water, and read about putting haybales over those stakes, spreading aquapellets ? around the stakes and then pouring a yeast solution over the haybales in the water.

do you all recommend putting daphnia in my pond, if so how much (quart / gallon) and does the plan i described above sound right ?

next year this time 4/2022, i plan on putting in hybrid striped bass, yellow perch and walleye as my game fish.

right now just trying to get the forage poplulation established. pond is located in western new york, cold winters, lots of snow.

feedback welcomed. thank you.