Originally Posted By: The Pond Frog
Yup, those nasty plants are not even on the grass carp's menu. In fact, those carp could be helping those plants by eating other not as bad plants that compete for the same nutrients. And Tilipia would help only with dw if the bass and cc did not eat them first. Each plant is going to need to be dealt with seperately. I don't think biological control with fish is going to work for you here.


The question becomes, if they aren't eating FA, DW or Primrose what are they eating ? They are eating something to get that huge. Yes, they eat my pellets but I feed very modestly..several scoops thrown out one or two times/day.