Originally Posted By: Shorty
Have you thought about adding some easily removable type of structure in the pond so your YOY SMB can escape and hide from your brood fish?

From Brettski's pond project.


I need to fish harder for the SMB to remove the brood fish, and also and going to stock fewer brood fish and take my chances. I only need one pair to nest to provide all the YOY I need, so I'm thinking about limiting numbers to 8 confirmed sex SMB to ease in removal.

I'll post photos of my beds - the pallets, rocks, and PVC provide tons of places for the SMB YOY to escape - so I should be ok. Still, adding some removable structure is added security while the brood fish are still present. Good idea.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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