Well, I put in 2 native and 2 florida LMB - all 4 were supposed to be female. Was hoping that one of the natives was the male so I could take out both natives and just run with the floridas to see how big I can get them, but you're guessing that's a pure florida and not a F1? Granted, I haven't caught any of the 4 original LMB in 6 months.
Some of our water comes from Colorado, other from our mountains, and other from our water table. Overall it's pretty darn hard. I should get some measurements.
It's good to hear you think my water is doing well. Thanks for the comments. When we designed the pond we put a lot of effort to trying to build something that would have GREAT water quality and 18 months in I'm pretty happy with the results despite the fact that I've got WAY too many fish. I really think the lined pond helps too, and it's probably cheating since I just don't have to worry about soil etc.
Also pretty sure good nutrition helps with the fish as well. Been pretty diligent about varying food sources (aquamax, silvercup, and extra minnow/gf snacks) and always keeping them fat and healthy.
