Bad news is the day the first batch of craws and minnnows from toledo golfish. showed up was severe Tstorms and it wasn' safe to go out to the pond. I tried keeping them alive in a large container with an air bubbler but all those minnows and craws died.
Yesterday I got my batch of brooder sized shiners from anderson minnows. Despite the thunderstorms I went out anyway and got them in safely. 200 shiner brooders in what is currently ~2'deep 100 foot diameter and will get up to 4' or so before it overflows into the main pond. With this rainy season I expect that to take about 6-8 weeks. Hopefully they spawn once or twice.
Im gonna reorder those craws and minnows for that pond. Grrrrrr
Im going to ask a lot of questions, but only because I'm clueless