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Don’t jump right on the catfish bandwagon quite yet. Catfish eat phytoplankton, the beneficial greenish/brownish bloom seen in healthy fertilized ponds. The floating “scum” not so much. Aeration is the solution to scum.
Most folks don’t realize the maintenance required for a healthy attractive productive farm pond. Get behind on fertilization and weeds take over. Addition of lime, at least in the Southeast, is occasionally needed. Keeping a balance of large and small fish (bass and bream both) is optimal.
How Mother Nature manages on her own is a mystery to me.
Addition of ruminants is optional, but sure minimizes mowing needed.
Most folks don’t realize the maintenance required for a healthy attractive productive farm pond. Get behind on fertilization and weeds take over. Addition of lime, at least in the Southeast, is occasionally needed. Keeping a balance of large and small fish (bass and bream both) is optimal.
How Mother Nature manages on her own is a mystery to me.
Addition of ruminants is optional, but sure minimizes mowing needed.
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