Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations New Pond in Ohio - seek advice

The only problem I have with turtles personally is when the burrows they dig into the banks collapse (most of my banks have a fairly shallow slope). But I have given up worrying about turtle control; they dig slow enough that for my 1 acre pond I can shovel dirt out of the pond onto their collapsed tunnels faster than they can dig new ones.

I think the most commonly perceived problem with turtles is fish eating.

Irregular feeding may not produce much eating activity since regularity helps the fish learn when and where to eat. Feeding a lot regularly and then stopping completely is probably a much bigger problem; it builds up a fish biomass total higher than the unfed pond can support and then pulls (part of) the food pyramid out from under it.