I personally have not used Andersons as I bought my golden shiners before I heard about that site but others on here have used them with great results. Andersons sells to many other fish hatcheries and bait shops. I am not 100% sure if my golden shiners have pulled off a spawn yet as I have had trouble getting grass established and they need grass to spawn, I might order a bag of fry next year and stock it a few weeks before I stock my yellow perch and smallmouth (I have been establishing my forage base for a year now and will wait another year to add predators but I am using several non-traditional forage fish that take a little longer to get established).
My experience with ordering baitfish has been that you should always have them overnighted (you will lose a lot if you do 2-day shipping), then put the bag in the water as soon as possible. Let the sealed bag sit in the water for 20-30 minutes, then open it and pour a few cups of pond water in and wait 5 more minutes, then repeat. Once the fish are acclimated you tip the bag over and let them swim out. It you do not acclimate your fish properly you will have more mortality, I learned this the hard way.
Black salties are a different color goldfish. Do not put them in your pond.
