<<"GSH are not going compete well for feed provided the feed is larger than their gape and in sufficient quantity for the predators only." (quote)>>

Interesting...I do see FHM that are well within gape capacity for the SBS/HSB....I'll keep an eye on them come spring.

<<"From my place, all I wanted to do was provide suggestions I thought would be helpful assuming you were going to make the forage additions. Of all the people who have made minnow forage introductions in ponds with existing fish and reported to the forum ... Sunil particularly ... had what I considered good results.">>

I'd love to hear what he has to say!

<<"The key to getting acceptable results is large numbers of offspring. I cannot recall anyone describing ill effects from it. There are other ways to provide substrate that also give protection to brooding FHM."[/quote]

That's really good to hear, as I've got lots of fallen logs out here on my property that would be good candidates to provide shelter for forage spawning efforts.
Thank you for the detailed info.

Last edited by BJ Nick; 01/21/26 04:26 PM.