Originally Posted by FishinRod
Have you checked the stomach contents while cleaning those hybrids? They sound like an excellent fish to add to our pond management toolbox - especially if they still eat snails.
No gastronomic autopsies, but no snails have been observed for, let's see, at least ten years. (And I stocked snails in the pond before the fish went in.) Parasite load on the fish is IMO fairly low, too.

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