I think it would take countless generations of environmental effects to influence any genetic changes.
I would not complicate this more than it has to be. It's a basic concept, moving FLA strain into another pond to change up and hopefully improve the genetics.
No electrofishing, no culling or selective harvesting. And if you want the biggest bang for the buck as far as genetic input per carrying capacity, you put in little males. You would also be helping out the stunted pond by removing the excessive slot males not needed there.
This is one thing I do a lot. I take my superior strain and spread it into many, many other stale or underperforming ponds. It may take a few generations, but normally I see results after first two crops.
I do this more than the farms as they want nothing to do with FLA strain. They will hybrid and triploid everything else. Especially carp, bg and trout. Stripers also. I just don't like most hybrids as they produce trash offspring. The FLA lmb crosses don't have that issue at all, they come out better long term and future generations.
Last edited by The Pond Frog; 08/06/10 10:38 AM.
