1000 Gal Pond Questions

[CichlidKeeper01]

thebiggerthebetter Thanks for the info. Definitely took note of that rule. My channels were caught as fry from a local lake during a fishing trip. There were hundreds of fry, unfortunately we only got a small amount because we did not have a net. I don't want to try it just to find out it isn't going to work. I'm wondering, you mentioned the females get bigger of the RTCs, does this also happen with the TSNs? If i'm reading your post right then if I was going to try it I would be better off with trying a male?

 

[amazonfishman]

However, I find it funny you automatically mentioned pellets, because honestly I've rarely seen cc raised to large sizes on primarily pellet diet, probably because there is way to much junk content in them, and not enough protein, stuff like soybean meal inhibits growth.

Pellets are the supplemental diet in my scenarios, not the primary food source. There are minnows, golden shiners, bluegill, green sunfish, crayfish, tons of insects that fall in the pond, plus occasional pellet feed.

Soybean meal only inhibits growth past a certain % of use when replacing fish meal, when you start replacing over 40% of the fish meal with soybean meal from what I've read then you see the growth inhibited.

Sorry for the derail.

 

[CichlidKeeper01]

Pellets are the supplemental diet in my scenarios, not the primary food source. There are minnows, golden shiners, bluegill, green sunfish, crayfish, tons of insects that fall in the pond, plus occasional pellet feed.

Soybean meal only inhibits growth past a certain % of use when replacing fish meal, when you start replacing over 40% of the fish meal with soybean meal from what I've read then you see the growth inhibited.

Sorry for the derail.

Intresting, do you have a separate tank for feeders, or do you just keep a group in the pond?

 

[Dloks]

amazonfishman kendragon please excuse my friend Viper. He once stayed up for 11 days with no sleep (so he says) his mental is a little off. No one in history has ever grown Chanel Cat even pumped with steroids and growth hormones( maybe even lard) will NOT hit 30-40” in a year.

 

[amazonfishman]

Interesting, do you have a separate tank for feeders, or do you just keep a group in the pond?

No separate feeders just the additional forage stock that's in the pond full time. The ponds I've been raising them in for sport fishing are heavily stocked with food to maximize growth. I've stocked about 200 between the two ponds and also stocked 100 blue cats which have been growing significantly faster since they seem to convert to eating other fish much sooner than Channels.

 

[CichlidKeeper01]

No separate feeders just the additional forage stock that's in the pond full time. The ponds I've been raising them in for sport fishing are heavily stocked with food to maximize growth. I've stocked about 200 between the two ponds and also stocked 100 blue cats which have been growing significantly faster since they seem to convert to eating other fish much sooner than Channels.

Cool, we thought we had blue catfish fry until they grew out to their current size. Now they are definitely channels.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

No separate feeders just the additional forage stock that's in the pond full time. The ponds I've been raising them in for sport fishing are heavily stocked with food to maximize growth. I've stocked about 200 between the two ponds and also stocked 100 blue cats which have been growing significantly faster since they seem to convert to eating other fish much sooner than Channels.

I've noticed raising blue cats that they are more reluctant to come to the surface than channels, have you noted this as well?

 

[amazonfishman]

I've noticed raising blue cats that they are more reluctant to come to the surface than channels, have you noted this as well?

I have observed this as well when they were smaller like under 18" but now that the biggest ones are a bit over the 2ft mark they seem to be coming up a little more frequently but still not as well as the Channels.