That Algacide may help like you said (give 'em a little assistance) Yes, I stocked 10 pounds heavier than Rex initially told me I needed, I figured I was going to be going to war with FA, and I wanted to stack the deck in my favor..lol Honestly I think for a pond such as mine (that has never had any corrective measures taken in the past)it certainly don't hurt to stock the Tilapia towards the heavy side. I also went with the bigger Tiliapa to avoid the LMB from eating them up.
I have seen a couple Canadian Geese on my pond from time to time, I know they will eat young Cattail starts (seen 'em) and the wife likes having them around (says they are pretty to look at..lol) however, for reasons such as you have mentioned, I run them off every chance I get and they sure are defiant! They need to go peacefully or I'll resort to fireworks..
Questions: Have you seen any evidence of your Talipia already breeding? I am seeing what I am almost certain to be very small Tilapia along my shallow pond banks...and I guess my only other question would be, now that all the surface algae mats are gone, what are the Tilapia eating, I guess there is still plenty of FA type growth under the surface? You think they would have went at that first before hitting the surface FA, or maybe they did?
