Not relevant to the subject at hand, just an observation: I am continually amazed at how different the approaches, strategies, and goals are among pondmeisters. The notion that someone would purposefully buy plants to stock into their pond to provide hiding places for bluegills is fascinating to me. I spend money trying to eradicate everything green!
Yep, it really is interesting to see the differences in circumstances and goals. In my case, zero pond plant growth, somewhat infertile water, adds up to poor CNBG/RES recruitment. Larger fish doing fine, and they are bedding like crazy, but YOY either starve or get eaten.
Oddly, the same is not true of LMB: They are reproducing quite well, judging by the number of YOY we see.
I've fertilized, added TP and GSH to take pressure off CNBG, even added cover around the dock but still few or no tiny BG. Next step is more cover plus more lime, I guess.
