Tracy, here's another thread going on right now about clipping and tagging.
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=442013#Post442013Todd did hand pick the TP for me, and as a rule, I email him before hand if I want something other than the norm.
I clipped the left pelvic fins on the Legacy's before restocking them to the big puddle. I just wanted to able to verify the initial stockers with this batch, and I just use orange Fiskar shears for fin clipping. Wally World should have them in the sewing department. If you've got a pair, fluoro scissors would probably work well too.