I can certainly understand not wanting to have food rotting on the bottom of the pond. I am currently helping some friends battle weeds fueled by years of leaf litter collecting on the bottom of the pond. So yeah I get what you are saying.

Once you get BG trained to feed on pellets aren't you also ringing the dinner bell for the LMB?

Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.