I was wondering along the same lines. If I stocked 10 lbs of Tilapia, and they all died within 15 minutes of stocking, before eating any algae, then I would've added 10 lbs of additional organic nutrients into the pond.
If they survive and eat algae all summer before perishing in the fall, would I not still have that 10 lbs of nutrients (initial weight of the fish before they consumed any algae), to add into the equation? I can see where their offspring would begin to convert algae into body mass, but since I do not know the conversion ratio I don't know where to go with that. But the original stockers, would enter the picture with mass gained somewhere other than my pond, and when they die they will deposit that mass into my pond?
Course, that's splitting hairs pretty darn fine.
Shoot...had to pause to take care of some business, and Rex answered the question! Sorry!
Last edited by sprkplug; 05/20/15 02:23 PM.
