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Do rosy reds last long in ponds w/predator fish?
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It depends on cover. Unless you have lots and lots of cover, FHM are more like feed than a forage species.
I doubt there's much difference in survival rate between rosy reds and regular FHM. Their survival rate is so low that I doubt the color even comes into play.
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I think bobad is right, the inevitable is the inevitable... FHM whether naturally colored or rosy red will in the end be wiped out in a pond.
I saw a pond that had just channel catfish in it, where only rosy reds were stocked. Within 3 years, it was hard to find a rosy red as they had reverted back to their natural coloration through just a few generations of selection, so obviously nature selects the wild color. So if you were going to attempt to establish FHM in your pond, rosy reds are not the way to do it.
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Interesting
Yeah I assumed they would just be eaten real quick
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