triploid grass carp

In part 3  of our "Triploid Trilogy", Dr. Brett Hartis, Lead Scientist at Duke Energy brings his expertise and experience to our Grass Carp conversation.  Dr. Hartis  has to manage these very large extensive Reservoirs for Duke Power and he shares how he  has worked with Triploid Sterile Grass Carp.

Dr. Hartis shares his knowledge and experience to answer these questions and more:

• What is the difference between Diploid and Triploid Grass Carp?
• What does a grass carp eat?
• Why and when do you need Grass Carp  in your pond or lake?

You don't want to miss his Grass Carp stocking strategies, his results, and how he got these results. 

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We talk  about Grass Carp and the Do's and Don'ts with Tim Eagan.  Tim is the  Assistant  Director of  Parks and Recreation  Of Winter Park.  He has over 23 years of experience with Grass Carp and  lake  management 

We talk about...

• Why  didn't he want to stock Grass Carp ?
• The overuse of Grass Carp.
• Then having to learn about Grass Carp because of the invasive plant Hydrilla. 
• Tim also tells us his stocking procedures.  
• How he has learned to use them for a management tool and the advantages and disadvantage of both.  

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Part #1 of the "Triploid Trilogy!"
We are talking with Ernesto Lasso De la Vega. He is a biologist working at the Lee County Hyacinth Control District in Fort Myers, FL. He is the Pond Watch Coordinator and water quality analyst of the Water Quality Laboratory of the District. from Lee County Water Hyacin District.

Ernesto is talking about Grass Carp and how and where they were created.  . He talks about  the county in South Florida which against all odds had an idea on how to make the Grass Carp Sterile. 

Ernesto discusses Triploid Grass Carp and...

•  Their  adventures and obstacles on the invention of Sterile Triploid Grass Carp
•  What he has learned about stocking Triploid Grass Carp
• How many is too many 
• How many is not enough
• What he does to evaluate each

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