Originally Posted By: ewest
GSH will eat eggs and small fry of most species. However most data indicate that not much will feed on YP eggs. But those YP fry are fair game for GSH or other fish. GSH if in large #s can cause problems. The additional headache is their propensity to have reproductive problems.


Which ones have the reproductive problems? The YP or the GSH. I don’t know where GSH lay eggs, but I must have a great environment for them to reproduce, because they are going gangbusters.
I’m hoping things will balance out and the SMB and my mythical HSB will get the GSH under better control. Either that or I’m going to try and source single sex LMB. I’m still not running the feeder trying to get the GSH population down a bit.

9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
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