Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Cross breeding RES & CNBG in a tank

That probably wouldn't be ideal. It is important to collect the pituitary shortly after death and refrigerate in absolute alcohol or acetone to arrest any decline of hormone potency. Common Carp pituitaries are proven to work across many species and are available year round in tropical areas. In principal, however, you could collect pituitary from the recipient species or other more closely related species. For example, you could collect pituitary from LMB so long as the donor is gravid and is in an advanced stage or has just spent gametes. Many species have been used successfully but unlike the common carp it is substantially more difficult to obtain pituitary in the optimum state of hormonal potency. Both the pituitary and HCG contain Gonadotropic hormone but HCG is a human hormone while those in the carp pituitary is of course of fish hormone. Both are effective because they are very similar chemically.

All that said, since with Snipe's help you are not going to have to walk uphill ... both ways ... in the snow ... I would take him up on the offer. I just wanted to point out that vets with sticks up their ... or wanting to charge you to be there ... regulation/permits/ect are no deterrent if you are determined to do it. It's like Rusty's epitaph, "Don't tell me I can't do something, just sit down and watch me do it".