Do Tilapia eat Muskgrass? (Chara)

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Do Tilapia eat Muskgrass? (Chara) #339699 06/17/13 10:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 342 East Texas, Mineola C Captain1 Lunker
Captain1 Lunker C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 342 East Texas, Mineola	With our pond level down due to rain shortages this spring, the concentration of lime in our pond is up and it seems to cause more muskgrass (Chara). I put Tilapia in earlier this season and they promptly cleaned up most of the FA, but now I see the muskgrass popping up all throughout the pond. Will Tilapia eat muskgrass? Last edited by Captain1; 06/17/13 02:37 PM. "Our Life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, Simplify" -Henry David Thoreau -

Re: Do Tilapia eat Muskgrass? (Chara) Captain1 #339746 06/17/13 04:17 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16,001 Likes: 1499 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH B Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16,001 Likes: 1499 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	Tilapia, at least pure blue tilapia will eat Chara - aka muskgrass - some have witnessed them actually eating it. If you had enough tilapia they would clean out the pond of chara. Variables amount of Chara, number of tilapia, and water temperature. Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/17/13 04:19 PM. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management

Re: Do Tilapia eat Muskgrass? (Chara) Bill Cody #339823 06/18/13 08:34 AM
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esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 29,788 Likes: 1295 Grovertown, Indiana	Bill: Does it matter whether the Chara is newly grown or old? Here in the hard water lakes, the Chara gets a pretty hard covering on it, almost brittle. www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: Do Tilapia eat Muskgrass? (Chara) Captain1 #339930 06/18/13 07:06 PM
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Rainman Ambassador Field Correspondent Hall of Fame Lunker R Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 7,103 Likes: 24 St Louis, MO area	scott, what I have seen is the Blue Tilapia eat the chara from the top down and after FA is relatively scarce.

Re: Do Tilapia eat Muskgrass? (Chara) Captain1 #339931 06/18/13 07:08 PM
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Bill Cody Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker B Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 16,001 Likes: 1499 Northwest Ohio - Malinta OH	The hard covering on Chara is precipitated calcium carbonate a common occurrence in high hardness water - high concentrations of lime in the water. aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine - America's Journal of Pond Management