Originally Posted by Bill Cody
When adding GC to existing ponds with LMbass remember the GC 8"-10" ones are not much bigger in cross section than a piece of bratwurst and very easy for a LMB even at 16" to swallow. Cross section of a bratwurst is 1.5"(40mm) and the gape of a 16" LMB is around 2.8"-3".
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When stocking GC in with LMB I always try to get 12"-14" GC. Before stocking more GC I always allow the GC to grow longer than 26"-28" before adding more GC. GC do not make a significant impact of vegetation until GC are around 26"-28" long. GC are a whole lot easier to add to a pond rather than getting them out!


Bill, that is absolutely correct. We only stock 12" minimum in length TGC and bigger if they are available. We've been called to restock ponds with an existing LMB population where the people have stocked 8"-10" TGC because of cost and have ended up with 0 TGC in the pond because of the LMB eating them.

We've seen LMB come and grab one of those larger TGC's, but spit it out in a minute because it was too large to swallow.


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