Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Identifying plants Is this the Chara I read so much about...?

Plant leaves in your hand look smaller than those floating on the pond in the background, unless those in your hand are some of the newest smaller leaves. The plant is definitely one of the species of pondweed. Grass carp (GC) (triploid white amur) and or a lake rake can remove a lot of it. How big is the pond and amount of weeds (%coverage) will determine how many GC to stock?. One grass carp can eat 2000 lbs of wet weeds per year. It will be hard to establish crayfish if you already have an established bass population. With established LMbass, stock at least 12" or 12"+ GC; smaller ones become expensive bass food for 16"-18" bass.