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We munched another trout last night, super yummy. I wasn't caught, just like the earlier fish; it was dead on the bottom. We watch our fish very closely so we're fairly certain it was fresh. It was big and beautiful.
Here is our observations at this point after 9 months of fish keeping.
We began with 47 3 inch (7.63cm) Brook Trout fingerlings back in October of 2015. Last night's meal was 15 inches (38.5 cm) long head to tail. I didn't weigh it, but it was an oversize meal for two on the protein side.
There have been only a couple losses of trout over the season.
I haven't counted them, so I'll guess there are 40 big fish left.
2600 gallon pond
Laguna 4000
Fountain and Waterfall Pump Kit
Maximum Flow Rate: 2000 US GPH
Maximum Pond Volume: 4000 U.S. gal
four small media grow beds totalling ~1450 liters
4 - 3 to 4 foot long media filled strawberry towers
30 gallon RFF 50 gallon Caldness filled MBBF
We cleaned the FT a couple weeks ago, draining it all the way down to about a meter deep.
While netting this fish off the bottom an unbelievable amount of fish poo was stirred up.
We'll start harvesting fish soon. I am curious just the same if there is an alternative to a mass harvest?
I haven't read of people keeping food fish past a season, I thought the reason was more because of the difficulties of keeping water temperature in cold water species comfort zone.
Now I'm seeing another issue: Massive amounts of fish waste.
I thought I'd buy a bigger pump.
I seek advice, have we reached an economy of fish size for our system?
I may still buy the next size up in pump. It seems like I'd have to upsize everything to keep the monsters growing toward my goal of 20 inches (50 cm) and a kilogram in weight.
We don't want our fish living in fish waste filled water.
We munched another trout last night, super yummy. I wasn't caught, just like the earlier fish; it was dead on the bottom. We watch our fish very closely so we're fairly certain it was fresh. It was big and beautiful.
Here is our observations at this point after 9 months of fish keeping.
We began with 47 3 inch (7.63cm) Brook Trout fingerlings back in October of 2015. Last night's meal was 15 inches (38.5 cm) long head to tail. I didn't weigh it, but it was an oversize meal for two on the protein side.
There have been only a couple losses of trout over the season.
I haven't counted them, so I'll guess there are 40 big fish left.
2600 gallon pond
Laguna 4000
Fountain and Waterfall Pump Kit
Maximum Flow Rate: 2000 US GPH
Maximum Pond Volume: 4000 U.S. gal
four small media grow beds totalling ~1450 liters
4 - 3 to 4 foot long media filled strawberry towers
30 gallon RFF 50 gallon Caldness filled MBBF
We cleaned the FT a couple weeks ago, draining it all the way down to about a meter deep.
While netting this fish off the bottom an unbelievable amount of fish poo was stirred up.
We'll start harvesting fish soon. I am curious just the same if there is an alternative to a mass harvest?
I haven't read of people keeping food fish past a season, I thought the reason was more because of the difficulties of keeping water temperature in cold water species comfort zone.
Now I'm seeing another issue: Massive amounts of fish waste.
I thought I'd buy a bigger pump.
I seek advice, have we reached an economy of fish size for our system?
I may still buy the next size up in pump. It seems like I'd have to upsize everything to keep the monsters growing toward my goal of 20 inches (50 cm) and a kilogram in weight.
We don't want our fish living in fish waste filled water.