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#558287 05/11/23 08:57 PM
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Hi all,

I have a two year old one acre pond in Ohio with BG, RES, 80 adult LMB and 60 CC, and 40 juvenile stripers.

I put in 30 lbs of shiners and 15 lbs of fatheads in spring of 22. There still seems a reasonable amount of fatheads but it seems like there are currently thousands of 2 to 4 inch shiners in the pond now. I would think that the predator fish would be controlling the shiner population, but it doesn’t seem so.

Is there a potential problem with too many shiners? I feed a large scoop of Aquamax per day - should I slow this down?


Thanks for your advice, Tony

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A lot depends on available cover for the shiners-in reverse- accessibility by predators. In 2 years with the number of Feeders of shiners you list, I don't think you have a problem at all right now.

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Agree^^^

In a couple years you will prolly be putting more shiners in!


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