I hope I didn't make you late for work. Your input has been greatly appreciated. One of my fears for Hybrid GSF x BG is that they will become more like GFS and less like BG after a couple of generations.
My goals/expectations with a RES x BG hybrid pond would be to have a sunfish hybrid where both parent species are (in my opinion) desirable; this way if after generations of breeding RES or BG genetics take over more than the other the resulting fish will still be one that I would like to have. I also expect/hoping the resulting hybrid to grow fast and hopefully attain a final size closer to the RES than a BG can. I am also hoping that if I am feeding the pond heavily with pellet food the fish that will reach breeding size the fastest and most reliably will be the ones that take the food which would hopefully influence the pellet feeding nature of the offspring.
Its probably a crazy experiment in trying to reliably get 2+ lb sunfish that will gorge them selves on feed and grow fast.
Last edited by DMRBG; 02/23/12 10:24 AM.
