Thanks esshup
I have a feeling the goldfish didnt last long when I put them in. if the LMB didnt get them, the crane certinly did. I been seeing him over there alot more latly. At this point im thinking of going ahead and stocking some BG, fishing out the larger GSF, and letting the LMB habdle the smaller GSF. As the CC get cathcable size, I plann to just fry them up and eat them. I have already decided to just manually remove the duckweed. as the DW absorbes the nutrient from the water, I feel i'll be taking some of the excess nutreint out of the water with every "load" of DW I remove. Killing it, or letting something eat it in the pond will only keep the excess nutrient in the water IMO.