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I am thinking about adding some white suckers. I have it in my mind they will help clean up the pond bottom. Anyone have them in their pond or have a comment?
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Travis confirmed in this thread that white suckers would be no problem in a pond, but would likely not spawn.
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Thanks Omaha, I'm going to try them. It should be interesting as I do have a flowing water source coming into the pond, maybe they would spawn.
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According to Travis in the link above, there's no risk either way. If they don't spawn, fine. The stockers will just be eaten and won't be heard from again. If they do spawn, you have a solid addition to your forage collection.
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The white suckers will to spawn move up into very small streams that enter a pond to a point their backs are out of the water. When the inlet stream temperature is correct for spawning, at night you can shine a light in the stream to see if the suckers are present.
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