When best food for RES is depleted, not a lot is known how well they compete with HGB and BG for food items. If food competition is too high RES will not grow well and not do very well as growing fastest when too many RES per acre are present. If you only put 400 RES in a 1 ac pond with plenty of snails then the RES should survive well until the first couple of spawns by the CNBG. Then competition for invertebrate foods could become a concern for optimum growth of the RES population. RES have a unique niche in the pond habitat and when crowded out of their niche habitat and preferred food items I think their numbers will struggle to really thrive.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 06/12/22 10:23 AM.
