Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Identifying plants Chara Control

Hi. I'm a fisheries biologist in central Texas. Chara is not usually a problem plant, so unless it is in your case, I wouldn't do anything to it. We have been allowing landowners to stock triploid grass carp for 11 years and my experience with landowners has been that they do not control Chara very well. That's not to say they absolutely won't eat it, they just don't prefer it. Again, if it's not a problem plant let it be. I agree with some of the other posts that it can enhance water quality through photosynthetic oxygen generation and ties up loose sediments. It also rarely ever tops out; another advantage as many of the submersed vascular plants, even native ones, do top out in summer and are impossible to fish through. Hope this helps and good fishing!