Ok, thanks for the advice on transporting live fish. I wondered how long fish would survive in a bag and what point a guy would need to go to some sort of live aerated container.
I could probably rig up a tank of sorts with aeration if I needed to, but sounds like the bags would suffice.
I'm assuming the larger the fish, the more difficult to transport safely in a bag?
Adding some more RES would certainly give me a better chance at what I am trying to do. Had the pond been "clean" I just thought I would let the RES and FHM reproduce up to the point of needing predators, then introduce the predation. Thus the low initial numbers would work. But with other competing fish, and aggressive fish to boot, likely like esshup provided example in another old thread, the GSF would keep the newly hatched RES from ever making it to adults.
Thanks again for all the good info from everyone.
