I'm thinking the same exact thing. Might be better served putting in spawners. Those adults know where to lay the eggs, and usually the fry emerge with the plankton. Plus you don't have to worry about tempering, ionic shock and other gotchas. It's not just the lmb that eat the fry, everything does. And even if they miraculously dodge every hungry fish bigger then them out there, which is everything that has homepond advantage, they just don't have that varied diet yet. I'm not trying to rain on your shiner parade, I think it is a great fish to establish. But I think in an already populated pond you are fighting an uphill battle with fry.

Last edited by The Pond Frog; 02/28/10 02:39 PM.