I put a bunch of tiny craws in my RES/SMB pond this spring because of the bushy pondweed which was terrible last year. Since putting in 4 grass carp last fall the pond is almost absent of the weed now which has amazed me how fast the carp grew and how fast the weed went away. Now the grass carp come running when I feed the SMB and they appear to be abut two feet long. Never say one as long as there was lots of bushy pondweed left.
So now I'm hoping putting in the craws was not a mistake. Hope I do not run into the problem Snipe has. One thing about it that may be positive is since the bushy pondweed is about gone the crays will be more exposed to the SMB. But I also have quite a lot of rock piles and rock lining the edge of the pond.
Wish I would have only put two grass carp in the one acre instead of 4.
We will see.
These ponds continue to be a learning process.
Last edited by snrub; 07/08/20 07:33 AM.
