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tomtoney in ms · Mar 31, 2012

Couple of people I know have told me to sprinkle triple 13 fertlizer in my pond and the fish will eat it. I have never heard of such a method to feed fish.
Anyone heard of doing this?

Texasmark1 · Mar 31, 2012

Makes the algae grow and that is the start of the food chain for fry. It also can get out of hand. My 2 acre pool was completely covered in it this past summer and I had an algae fish kill off. Lake Texoma, 89,000 acre lake on the TX OK border had the same problem with fish kill, but the algae didn't completely cover the lake. Got over 100 of my largest bass and channel cats. I have since bought aerators and weed control chemicals and with beautiful rains, pool looks pristeen again. Course the only Florida strain bass I have seen are about 2" long............butttttt at least they are there and all the pedators are dead so they have a pretty good change of making it in a couple of years.

On feeding, I go to the feed store and buy floating catfish food. Everything eats it and if it can't get it in it's mouth it sucks on it till it is small enough and down the hatch. Watching them feed is worth the cost.

Mark

LAA · Mar 31, 2012

Lime and fertilizer do wonders for the average ponds fish supporting capacity, especially in the deep south. Take a soil sample and get it tested, specify you want pond plankton and water PH reccomendations, MSU probably has an aquaculture department, I know LSU does. I would not use triple 13, either super phosphate 0-46-0, or a low nitrogen, high phosphate blend like 10-52-4 which is common for some green house applications, at any rate, the phosphate is the important nutrient to encourage plankton instead of algae. Insects eat the plankton and fish eat the insects. Lime is real important as a catalsyt to the whole chain. Once you have a program going your water should turn blue/green and have about one foot of visability, when you can see two feet down it is time to fertilize again, usually takes 2-3 applications a few weeks apart to get started but the good news is it only takes around 5 pounds per acre per application. I will emphasize lime one more time because you won't get anywhere without it if the pond needs it.

Ultradog MN · Mar 31, 2012

I thought you were referring to Jimmy Hoffa.

Texasmark1 · Apr 1, 2012

I thought they couldn't find him. Heard a couple of reports and both included concrete.

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