My pond has been stocked for only a little over a year, so I can not say from experience.
But I was surprised how slow the BG have been to start feeding agressively. Last summer and fall they would hit the surface with a loud "pop", agressively snatching up the floating food. This spring the FHM have been feeding agressively for at least a month now and would eventually get the feed cleaned up but only in the last few days have I noticed the BG hitting the top agressively.
The BG have been feeding lightly for two or three weeks, but gingerly taking a pellet only ocasionally. I've also been feeding some sinking feed for the catfish (knowing the FHM would clean up anything the CC did not get to before them - FHM's are little pigs when it comes to feed). So the BG may have been eating that instead of the floating.
Last night finally started hearing that familiar "pop" of the BG hitting the pellet.
Last edited by snrub; 05/16/14 11:29 AM.
