Feed Your Pond
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
If you want to raise a lot of catfish in a small pond, provided that it is relatively clean and all other criteria are met, you can do so simply by regular feedings. You don’t have to have good algae bloom to do this. At least that’s the line I hear often from the experts. It is true, you can. I say you can, but you shouldn’t!
You can get a lot better result from periodic fertilization, and the addition of a few fathead minnows. Why fertilize in this situation? Well, it is really pretty simple. If you fertilize, you can get the algae bloom to feed the microscopic and somewhat larger creatures which will become food for the minnows, which will become food for the catfish. This will keep the life cycle going, and provide a little supplement to your “supplemental” feedings.
It also provides cooling and oxygen in the water, which will serve to increase the health and size of your fish. The cooling and oxygen production is reason enough! There are other benefits as well. It will keep your fish from acting like lazy teenagers lying around all day. It will improve taste and texture, and it is just better!
Besides, the cost is minimal, the labor is light, and the outcome is a better pond, with better fish!