Shorty :

Thanks for the info. \:\) I will have to digest it some more wrt the male/female genetics and effects.

WRT your first para on time of year see the link below to 5 BG pics same time, same pond location, during the spawn but all different colors of fish (and some changed with in 10 seconds of being caught) . There is a lot more to this - see the other current thread link 2 below.

http://www.pondboss.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000318;p=5

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=003227;p=1#000004