Originally Posted By: CJBS2003
I wonder what the difference is between the fry actually born in the pond and the fry introduced to the pond? Why do they seem to do so poorly while ones naturally born in the pond seem to do much better? Perhaps the spawn coincides perfectly with the amount of zooplankton needed for the fry to survive and grow rapidly?


Do you think it may have something to do with them getting acclimated to the new environment? I don't have much experience with pond fish, but used to have quite a few home aquariums. When adding new fish, especially those that were shipped there was a big period of stress that the fish went thru during the shipping and even after being added to aquarium and this was even after a 30 minutes of acclimating time prior to adding to the aquarium. I wonder how much more sensitive fish that are <1inch are to the changes in environment, water chemistry, and the stresses of shipping.

I am a total newb and am not quite sure if there is any validity to my statements but just throwing it out there.

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