Originally Posted by Freg
I would not have guess it was even 10%. To my knowledge I have not had any shiners successfully spawn in my main pond in the past. I'm feeding in both my brood pond and my main pond. Once they spawn in the brood pond I plan on removing all but a couple dozen and then transferring the fry as well. Hopefully that'll increase my chances of getting them somewhat established.

Do you have the proper spawning substrate for them in the pond?

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