Backyard Aquaponics
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They are big fish. It's amazing how strong they get when they're over 500g. I've never considered fishing for trout before but now I can start to see the attraction.

OB & C1
Just thought I would show you how the relatives of your trout are going. This ones 760gms. Dont you guys feed yours??. The little fry above it is exactly 1 year younger. Gives you an idea of how much grow you can get in a year.

He's so pretty Troutman. Is that tonights dinner or are you just teasing us?
If you can't show us how it's done, then who can eh?

Interesting colouration compared to other pics or is it just your camera.

How long did it take to grow that one?

1 year

aaaw common Tman - its my first year, and took a while to get the system sorted....I'll take you on from next March

When do we order next years fish?

Actually OBO you did pretty well with the growth of your trout. Half of the of the ones I have here are in the 500 - 600gm range with the rest mainly between 600 - 700. I only have a few from this years crop that are over 700gms. Still, I expect to have a few hit 1kg by christimas as I did last year.
November seems to be the month when I get the best growth rates often achieving FCRs of 1:1

Faye, I put him back in the tank, maybe keep him/her as a future breeder. I have been smoking a few of the 500gm runts lately.

OBO.. were your trout "browns"... or "rainbows".... Troutman's look like rainbows...

Rainbow, exactly the similar as Troutmans.

Not worth growing the Browns really Rup as they are so slow growing you would be lucky to get a 300gm fish before the weather got to hot.

So why have yours "coloured up" compared to OBO's... different feed?.... your's got pigmentations in it??

Gidday trouty!

Hey there C1, good to see you getting a few feeds of fish.

Rup, as far as I am aware the pigmentation in the pelletts only affects the colour of the flesh. Dead fish are usually darker than live ones (the one in my photo was still alive) or the other factor is that trout will change colour according to their surroundings. My tanks are a light blue on the inside where as from memory OBO's set up is with the use of black plastic.

Wow, righto, that clears it up

Yes been having a feed or 2...
Only takes a few seconds for the colour to go out of the trout.

Ah yes... had forgotten about that..