If you want your fatheads and rosey reds to survive and produce, you must give them protection, not only for breeding, but for daily life activities. What is under the water on the bottom of your pond is never seen, so tires and plastics don't effect my view, and I can see my pond from every single room of my house. The pond wraps around my house for about 1200',and on one side is as close as 80' or less. It will also make it more of a challenge to fish.
