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Oh and while you're at it Pink Fresh Water River Dolphins. I would really, really, like a dolphin swimming around my pond.

There was an ad a couple of years ago of a someone that had produced several thousand 6 to 8 inch feed trained walleye for sale that had been raised in indoor tanks in Iowa. That might be something some pond owners would snap up in a flash.

We're talking about dophins here Cecil. Sheesh stop hijacking this thread.

Sorry Jeff,those only come in orange.Pok-a-dot orange.Bright Pok-a-dot orange.Bright Floresent Pok-a-dot orange.With a bright blue Miller Lite logo on the dorsel fin.

Barramundi?

Cecil

Yep - one could sell a truckload on this forum I'd wager. That's an ingenius effort, IMO. I would buy some at nearly any price.

Dave - you're right - I read that too...but I think that assessment was made far PRIOR to the emergence of this large market of private water managers. I think the demand is there for this niche species if marketing properly - but have no idea of the costs involved in producing these fish.

Dophins people, we're taking about cute cuddly pink river dophins. Damn do I have to do everything around here?

HMMM Dolphin filet sandwich. Does their being pink mean they are high in Omega 3's?

Cant you people read!!!I told you they ONLY come in Bright Pok-a-dot orange.

Bobby Glennon a biologist at Malone and Sons was producing some triploid crappie experimentally. If I remember right he said he wasn't haven't a lot of success and thought monosex crappie would be a better way to go.

thanks Cecil, I've almost arrived there myself. only way to sex Crappie is during the spawn, correct?

Monosex crappie just seems so risky... Only takes one mistake! How do you sex a 3" or 4" crappie?

Apparently there are genetic tests to determine sex in fingerlings as a researcher Hang-Ping Wang at the Piketon Research center in Ohio has come up with tests to aid him in producing Super Male bluegills. See:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sci...G3_R6DKUAD.html

Perhaps any fish in the sunfish family could be produced into super males without any hormone residue as Hang-Ping Wang does?

Even with my cretin brain when it comes to understanding genetics, as long as I had a way to test sexes of immature fish I think I could produce super male fish. If that's the case I know Todd Overton could do it. Are you listening Todd? Or simply if he got his hands on the technology to differentiate sexes of fingerlings, he would have a gold mine on his hands for pond stocking.

Rex,

After reading all this I am glad you made it to my house in Terre Haute at all! Thanks for the great fish and after I get my 1200 gallon pond complete I may have something to grow out some decent fry. Go Blue!

Is it the male or female crappie that grows larger? I am thinking female, but am not sure...

Agreed, but I gotta tell you I'm rather hopeless on the triploid hybrid search...I might just wait until next Spring and go crazy catching 6-10" fish on their beds and transfer them. It goes without saying these fish will only be from fellow pond owners and never from a public watershed.

I talked to a local guy - said only way he'd try triploids is if I could guarantee 10-15,000 qty in sales. I know I'd take 500, that leaves A LOT of work for me to do.

If we could get a standing order of 10-15,000 fish, I will do my best to make this happen.

I could easily afford 50 and probably 100.

Mono-sex female crappie are projected to become available in the Fall of 2011.

I just confirmed a source availability this Fall for 3-4", mixed-sex Hybrid Black Crappie and the off-spring are readily controllable in small ponds. Triploids ain't gonna happen! Only get about 50 fish out of every 100,000 eggs! Far too much risk and expense when a secure market is already established. I'll work out routes as the orders come in.

I love the idea of mono-sex females...

I'm in Rex...now we just need some orders between Arkansas and Nebraska.

I'm gonna drop a couple hundred in my pond, assuming a road still exists to it.

You mean you can finally access your pond? That's great news!

Rex - Barring any research to the contrary of what I've learned thus far count me in on the HybC. Any potential orders besides myself at this point?