Howard, my preference for HSB as the primary predator fish in small Texas farm ponds is well known.

In our 2 acre pond, I have never seen a dead HSB in spite of three record breaking high temperature, drought ridden sumuuers.
We do have a �state of art� aeration system.

Not so lucky in our � acre �grow-out� pond, but appears survival rate to be in the 50% range, with no aeration.

We may not continue to be so fortunate.
The record breaking rains that are being reported are missing us and our main pond has not �flushed� in more than three years and � acre pond has never filled.

Don�t know how long fish can live in fish poop. A fish kill will be devastating, but not a surprise if we don�t get enough rain to reach spillway depth before hot summer weather.

We�ve had the worse explosion of FA ever this year, and hopefully tilapia stocked last Sunday will control.

�It all depends�