> Ok go outside today and observe your pond
   In this weather you have got to be kidding?  I could not even be wheeled 
to the car today.
 >...Do you see color
 > fluctuations in breeding males...Do you see fish at all If you see
 > them then a heron, bass or Osprey can also see them and the odds
 > of its survival just went down a bit....Tell me what behaviors the
 > male and female used as antecedents to spawning...tell me what are
 > the shiners feeding on ! ANyhow you should get my point the
 > aquarium is the place to observe such things....
I do accept your premis.  But how long does one keep the fish for 
servation?
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