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The Tilapia dying off in the fall will help the bass population, as they slow down the bass will gorge themselves. Any Tilapia that are too large for the bass to eat are typically removed from the pond by scavengers, which also helps the pond by removing the nutrients that were consumed to allow them to grow.

With that shallow of a pond I doubt that aeration will help much. The biggest problem is sunlight getting to the bottom of the pond coupled excess nutrients = FA.

Here in Indiana I've found it's best to kill the FA 1-5 days prior to stocking the Tilapia and stocking 5"-9" Tilapia at the rate of 40# per surface acre. Stocking larger ones leaves less mouths to eat the FA, stocking smaller ones means that you don't know how many you will lose to predation before they can reproduce.

If the FA isn't killed right prior to stocking the Tilapia, they can't eat all the existing FA AND the new growing FA too.