Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Georgia Giant Put to the Test?

One new comment. A fellow Ohioian (GC) with a new pond talked to Ken this spring (2005) and bought 1000 GG for his 0.5 acre pond. This Ohio pondowner said that Ken told him he could use HSB or LMB as predator for the GG offspring. GC has decided to use HSB and is stocking them the week of Oct 17 2005. I was not aware of this information when I posted my long discussion about Gator using LMB in his pond. Deb has agreed that either fish will act as predator upon GG offspring.

Gator just needs to decide which predator or combination of predators to use. As already suggested, an interesting comparison would be ML use HSB and Gator use LMB.

B-meister. I do realize Gator is in TX and weather is different and often extreme in TX. This is why I provided the extreme example of one fish in the pond. Without aeration gator will definately have to adjust stocking densities to allow for TX conditions. Lusk or someone with good experience should be able to provide advice as to what density would be adequate without aeration yet still pellet feed the fish. This leads to another reason why non-feed trained LMB would be a better choice as predator without aeration. HSB will likely feed to varying degrees on pellets which will contribute to additional BOD (waste) problems in the pond. HSB and GG both eating pellets will require lower overall stocking density if aeration is not used.

GGman - The information that is archived in the basement is also probably not neatly organized tabularized and presented. It is probably a lot of rough notes. I doubt you will find any neat organized reports. I wish you luck in your search. It may be actually be easier to start from square one!