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Am I understanding right that Tilapia will take care of a duckweed problem but they have to be stocked at a higher rate than whats used for FA.
I have duckweed in a .085 acre pond. It hardly ever catches any wind so it doesn't suprise me.
Anyways, its covering around the edges and out about 5ft around getting me a little nervous.
I put 4 lbs of Tilapia in about 3-4 weeks ago and they are spawning right now. I think thats like 47 lbs to the acre, is my math right there?
Anyways, before I start getting worried should I just wait and let them handle it?
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12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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I hope so cause they sure don't seem to be taking care of it yet.
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I hope so cause they sure don't seem to be taking care of it yet. They may be eating something else they prefer. When that's gone, they will eat the DW.
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chad what size were they? If 1/2 fish that is only 8 fish you sure you got males and females? anytime you deal with smaller bodies of water you got to up the math. If soemthign goes worng with just a couple of lbs you are out.
EX. my stocking rec. to rid of all submersed weeds is: stock grass carp at 20/acre on ponds less than 1 acre but back off to 10/acre on ponds 2-5 acres and much less than that on larger ponds. In other words you stick with 10/acre on 1/4 acre pond so 3 grass carp if you lose 2 of them to "whatever" and that seems to happen your out with not enough to control things. However if you lose 2 fish and you stocked 6 not a huge deal, make sense, probably not my point is stock more tilapia.
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Greg, they varied from say .25 up to .75 pounds. i'd say I probably got 10 fish in there. I have seen 2 females each with a successful spawn also so Im sure there are probably 2 more females atleast hiding in there somewhere.
Anyways, good point though im gonna keep an eye on things and see if I can get a count on the fish.
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