The HSB along with LMB should not compete any more than the influence of CC when stocked with LMB, because the HSB & CC are eating pellets and supplementing their diet with fish. Thus a very similar feeding niche that CC & HSB have when fed pellets in the pond setting. The degree of competition of CC and HSB eating pellets with LMB is not well documented. IMO there will be some amount of loss of LMB biomass due to the extra CC or HSB biomass in the pond. The LMB-HSB and panfish all share the carrying capacity.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 11/01/15 05:25 PM.

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