John, Thanks for the advice and the great picture. Your pond truly looks much nicer than mine. However I'm told I may get a $250,000 fine if a grass carp is found in my pond. Koi would be OK I'm told, not sure about israeli carp.
There are always tradeoffs. I imagine I would trade off some turbidity from stirred up bottom if I put carp or koi in. I'm pretty sure they couldn't eat all my eurasian milfoil, but I may try it.
FA is stable at about 10-15 percent coverage and I'm finding raking now and then isn't that big of a deal. Next year I'll see if the budget allows for 30 or more pounds of tilapia
