Stocking a pond

[mistahoo]

with a depth of 3' that pond unless you have alot of plant cover ie trees or pond plants is gonna have some serious temp swings between summer and winter you could always get a dragline to come in and deepen it for you

+1 There's going to be a lot of temp swings and you gotta be careful with what livestock you choose based on this. Large Pbass should do fine for the most part. Just as long as the temps don't get too low.

[elvispacman]

i just thought of something if tilapia die usually 50 degrees and those are in texas how come a pbass cant live in texas,i mean i know its a 10 degree diference but 60 degress is pretty cold too

[mistahoo]

i just thought of something if tilapia die usually 50 degrees and those are in texas how come a pbass cant live in texas,i mean i know its a 10 degree diference but 60 degress is pretty cold too

Tilapia and Pbass are from two different continents. They're two completely different fish. Pbass max out at least triple of a Tilapia. Tilapia will be able to survive 50 because they've been thriving in our ecosystem for quite a while and have been acclimated. Pbass on the other hand don't live in our waters and therefore not acclimated and will die at 60. 10 degrees makes a huge difference.

[allysangels]

the problem is still depth... a shallow pond will get colder than a deeper one. i have a 12in + albino channel cat if you want it...