Re: Rams de-selection

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

I know this doesn't have anything to do with this thread, but I was under the
impression that in Centrarcids (including bass & blue gills) the male actually built
the nest, fanned the eggs and brooded the fry for the first few days. The female
only spawned in his nest and left right away. Am I wrong?

Mike Wise

Mike Jacobs wrote:

> When I was a young boy I use to creep up on bluegill and bass in farm ponds and
> watch them endlessly as they corraled the young.  I would get to watch such a
> female for about 3-4-5 days after free swimming and then all of the young will
> have been eaten or they went their own
> way.

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