John, I've followed your journey since I joined PondBoss and you certainly deserve credit for many of the happy accidents that have come from it - including the RESxGSF. I love following your projects.
C&P, I'm guessing that you're referring to the faint vertical stripes in the YP pic. I have noticed that about 1 in 10 are really light like that. I've always assumed they are females that are well past the spawn and just don't carry much color, but I'm no expert. Maybe someone else has a theory. 90% of my perch look like the one below. I think they look pretty normal/healthy. I know they taste great!
