G Pearce wrote:

I don't have a natural pond, mine is lined with EPDM,
but that shouldn't make a difference, IMO

I would think that there would be a vastly larger range of natural food
in a 15 year old natural pond than in a lined one. Perhaps duckweed is
pretty far down the list of favorite food and is ignored if enough other
stuff is available.

js

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