Noel,

I salute you for thinking about forage diversity now instead of after you start stocking even the BG. As Kartracer states, I would check out what are native to your area and then pick a couple of species that you can source. The less commercialized fish cost more to stock but, if you don't have any predation, you don't need that many. For example, you can stock as few as 100 if you give them time to reproduce. Spotfin (SFS) or spottail shiners are both good choices and you can get them delivered from Mark at Jonah's Aquarium (You have to e-mail Mark to get quantity pricing). Don't forget to research each species before you stock them to understand their habitat needs for a population to thrive. For example, SFS are crevice spawners so you would need to provide some areas like rip rap with crevices for them to spawn. Rip rap will also be great habitat for your crawfish.

Good Luck and please report back on what you decided to do.

Bill D.

Last edited by Bill D.; 03/22/17 02:57 PM.
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