Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Stocking Tilapia for FA

Thanks everyone for the valuable information.

I'm a documentation nerd so appreciate the advice.

I'm using an excel spreadsheet for calculating pounds/species of fish added and removed. The pounds of fish food I feed per day, and weather factors. (Rain/temp) as well as the pond water level and water temperatures.

I use a drone to document the approximate coverage of Algae and observation of fish activity.

I purchased the the TP from Harbin's in Kansas and he told me they were brooders. esshup, I agree that I did not stock enough, but at $18 per pound that's all my budget could handle. Sounds like I may have been better off to invest in chemical. I still have enough Cutrine Plus to treat the pond at least one more time so I will do that ASAP.

I am stocking them for Algae control and for supplemental feeding for my intermediate BG. Mr. Lusk said they are excellent for that. So hopefully there will be some measurable benefit from my investment.


Rod

The pond temperature was 72 degrees at 3 feet on 4/23.

The TP in the picture was one of the largest ones, most were about 4 to 6 inches so I would say the stocking size was probably in the 4-9 per pound range.

Everything I've read and heard matches what you said, it's the offspring that will eat the FA.

I plan on seining to remove them, as well as CC, YBH and GSF.

I recorded drone footage last week, there's a LMB on a nest about 25 seconds into the video on the right side of the video. I think it's a male, it appears to be much smaller than most that I've caught.