We are really getting off on two different subjects here. One subject is raising fish for profit, suckers in this case. The second subject is adding diversity to our ponds. I would like to have someone else start a discussion about various methods of raising bait for sale.
That leaves this discussion to the subject of adding diversity to our ponds/lakes.
The first think I want to say to Ty is to keep at it! You force everyone to think and that exposes some of the nonsense we believe.
Pure BS: A pond will only support so many pounds of fish called the carrying capacity. It's astounding to hear so many professionals fall for this pure and total BS. Living things tend to greater diversity. There is a benefit to this diversity, energy and resources are used much more intensively. In simple terms, a low diversity fish pond might have a carrying capacity of 400 pounds. The same pond with a high diversity might have a 500 pound carrying capacity.
This happens because with a low diversity pond, each species is a generalist in using the resources of the pond. With a high diversity pond, the species are all specialists in using the different resources of the pond.
