WORDS OF WISDOM from anthropic. ""Moral of the story: If your pond guy, stocker guy, or whoever wants to do something that you really question, TALK ABOUT IT FIRST. If you aren't convinced, stand your ground. It's YOUR pond, after all.
Don't just accept their word because "They are the experts." They don't know your situation as well as you do, and for sure don't have the time to do so.""
I am looking for a good place in the Archives of Common Pond Q&A to put this good advice and testimony.