Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants What eats FA?

John's small pond when I saw it was 95% spatterdock, definatly too weedy for any angling. Israeli carp are bottom rooters especially when they are sizable adults. Expect them to make your pond more cloudy depending on how many and what size carp are present and if aeration is present which mixes resuspended sediment. If you don't mind summer visibilities in the 8"-13" range israeli can work. Make sure bass are present to eat any offspring. As your eelgrass expands over 30% bottom area coverage your water will have less & less FA and the water will become clearer and clearer. Tolerate and manage your FA and have patience until then. Maybe cut back on how much and often you feed the fish. Maybe reduce the numbers of fish so the standing stock is not as high and less food is needed and less manure is produced.