Originally Posted by Quarter Acre
I wish I could get APW established in my pond, so I may be a bit biased. I'd let it go as far as it wants until it starts to hinder my goals for the pond. It's very easy to pull out in areas you want open, one of the best pond plants to have, competes nicely with undesirable plants, and very appealing to the eye.

Is this the pond you put the crawdads in? If so, they must not have over populated as APW seems to be a favorite food for them.

Your APW stands look great!

Thanks, and yes, same pond. We were catching a few crawdads in the traps this spring. We’ve only caught one other one in 7 years, so I think the ones I got from you are doing ok. I think the SMB are probably going to keep them from overpopulating. I was thinking the APW was good to have around. I was just a bit curious as to how far to let it go. I’ll just leave it alone for now.
Thanks! And thank you also anthropic!


9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep.
RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these.
I think that's about all I should put in my little pond.
Otter attack in 2023