Triploid Amur are used to control unwanted pond weeds and moss. Some of the facts about them include:
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Amur eat unwanted weeds in most ponds, these may include but are not limited to; curly leaf pondweed, waterlily. Coontail, waterweed, muskgrasses, watermilfoil, water celery, floating pondweed, cattails, and many other pondweeds. Amur will eat fish food and grass clippings.
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Amur are NOT common European carp and are not bottom feeders that make muddy water or disturb sport fish nesting. Feeding from the top down is common for Amur.
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Amur live up to 25 years but may need to be restocked in 5 to 10 years.
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Amur are usually cheaper to buy than chemicals for control of weeds in a pond.
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Feeding in swimming areas is not a thing Amur will normally do and shy away from people in the water with them.
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The normal stocking rate for Amur is 10 to 30 fish per acre of water.
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In Indiana Amur must be pond delivered by a supplier.
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Copper sulfate is usually fatal to Amur in ponds and should not be placed in water where Amur reside.
