Hi all. Totally new to this forum and website. I wanted to kick start an old hobby of sorts. Raising trout from eggs or 1" jobbers and stocking in our pond and stream.
So I have 2000 Brown trout in a 275G IBC tote. Started from eyed eggs, they are now 3" long in roughly 3 months. Keeping them in 60F water with 250G per hour flow rate out of the stream. I treat the water before it enters tank with a simple UV filter. Then a bio filter is the last thing before entering the tank just for kicks and giggles. I wanted something more even though it is a open circuit.
Question. I now would like to start raising a few 3 yr old fish in my 5,000 Gallon tank and start taking my own eggs .
Has anyone on here done that? Is it real hard? I mean for $100 I can get 1000 eyed eggs anyway but most of that is overnight shipping. Just wanted to try it.
Thanks for any insight.
So I have 2000 Brown trout in a 275G IBC tote. Started from eyed eggs, they are now 3" long in roughly 3 months. Keeping them in 60F water with 250G per hour flow rate out of the stream. I treat the water before it enters tank with a simple UV filter. Then a bio filter is the last thing before entering the tank just for kicks and giggles. I wanted something more even though it is a open circuit.
Question. I now would like to start raising a few 3 yr old fish in my 5,000 Gallon tank and start taking my own eggs .
Has anyone on here done that? Is it real hard? I mean for $100 I can get 1000 eyed eggs anyway but most of that is overnight shipping. Just wanted to try it.
Thanks for any insight.