Thanks for the write up about my proposed experiment. I should have been more explicit - I wanted to test for creek shiners that might spawn in an aquarium environment that was set up to mimic POND conditions.
If you studied it for 40 years and there is not a body of literature that says these "creek" shiners can ALSO spawn in ponds, then that experiment is almost certainly above my pay grade (as I expected).
Further, these are the shiners in my creek:
Arkansas River Shiner Emerald Shiner Red Shiner River Shiner Sand Shiner
Except for the reds, the others look VERY similar!
My highest groundwater pond is currently dry due to the drought. The next time it gets a few feet of water, I might throw in some shiners and some of the other types of creek minnows and see if I can get any to spawn. That pond is too ephemeral for any higher value usage.
