IMO the more diversity there is in the forage base, the less pressure there is on any one species. If you can add a new sustainable and nearly non competing forage to your pond (such as a herbivore introduced to a pond of omnivores), the current resident forage will realize an increase in prosperity.

Not a pro, just 1 cent from a novice.


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