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BKnuckles - A good thing to first try is to first get the minnows and YP established and when the YP 1st or 2nd spawn (yr2) is at the end of the summer or at 1 yr old add 2-4 SMB of the same sex either males or females. Both males and females grow at about the same rate. Catch them in the spring when the young recruitment YP are 1 or 2 yr old (Apr) and then in late Apr early May get the smallies when they are pre spawn or spawning so you can see milt or obvious distended abdomens or catch an obvious male off the nest. Also you could easily recognize a fresh post spawn female smallie by her enlarged reddened swollen urogenital opening (egg laying orfice). If you can use a few single sex smallies in your YP pond that would be an ideal way to have a few SMB and prevent population problems due to reproduction.