my first pond was stocked by a supplier that supposedly had a mix of bg, cnbg, and res. i fed the bluegill and they did super good. i had lots of trouble with otters and had to restock bg (different suppliers) a few times. to me the colors of these fish varied a good bit, but were very dark mainly.
my new pond was stocked with 100% cnbg. i know that the color changes from time to time depending on water, spawn, and stress, but to me these aren't as dark as the ones in the old pond. these in the new pond have a dirty look about them at times.
would introducing native bg into this existing cnbg pond have any negative effects? i know it has been debated several times here about which grow larger. seems like the concensus is that the cnbg grow faster, but the end result is about the same. i guess at this point i am going after color since it seems like achieving size is easy enough with either variety.
