Question about forage overpopulation??? - 09/23/12 08:49 AM
Hypothetically speaking:
You build a pond, you create all of the proper cover and spawning sights for your forage species.
Now you're ready to stock your forage.
Let's say that you stock:
Fathead Minnows
Golden Shiners
Lake Chubsuckers
Mississippi Grass Shrimp
Papershell Crayfish
If you left the pond set just like that for two years do you think that there could be a negative effect?
Could the forage overpopulate and start to decline in number?
Would the population just hit an equilibrium point where only the amount of forage that could survive in the pond would survive?
Has anyone ever tried this?
Thanks for the input.
You build a pond, you create all of the proper cover and spawning sights for your forage species.
Now you're ready to stock your forage.
Let's say that you stock:
Fathead Minnows
Golden Shiners
Lake Chubsuckers
Mississippi Grass Shrimp
Papershell Crayfish
If you left the pond set just like that for two years do you think that there could be a negative effect?
Could the forage overpopulate and start to decline in number?
Would the population just hit an equilibrium point where only the amount of forage that could survive in the pond would survive?
Has anyone ever tried this?
Thanks for the input.