I think the real issue is "predator efficiency". I bet if i had not put the tilapia in, the BG population would have exploded because of how quickly they would have gotten to a "safe" size. I'm hoping , with the added year of growth, the SMB will be a more efficient predator next year. I love how the tilapia keep the pond clean of algae. And they obviouly would provide great forage, as long as the predator is capable of eating them
I'm thinking i may need to add a few large female only LMB next yr.Hopefully, by then, my SMB will be too large to be eaten by the LMB.
