A key to successfully maintain PK shrimp in a pond with predators is for them to have a shallow weedy refuge. As bobad has said, they are a great forage as they do not compete with any other fish for food. They simple feed on detritus and turn it into tasty fish food by being food themselves. If you do get them established, the great thing about them as they then become a ready supply of bait for your pond. Run a net through some weeds and you have a bait supply for the rest of the day. Bass will also readily eat them along with YP and CC. When I fish with grass shrimp in the Potomac River I regularly catch bass up to 16", multiple species of sunfish, crappies, CC over 6 pounds and even carp. Just about every loves to eat them. They aren't overly expensive for a hundred. They won't hurt anything regardless of your pond management goals, so I really don't see a reason not to add them. Especially if you have a new pond and you are just starting out with the stocking of it.
