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| Author: | bigdaddy123 [ Apr 7th, '11, 16:15 ] | ||
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I got these yesterday, 120 rainbow trout, 90-110 mm. Kept them in washing baskets overnight in 2 1000 litre IBC'S I was going to clean the tanks and do a bit of light maintenance today, but come this arvo it just wasn't going to happen, so the trout are set free 60 in each IBC. Cheers.
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 7th, '11, 16:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
Nice, mine will be still 3 weeks away I think |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Apr 7th, '11, 16:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
60 in a ibc you are pushing the limits they will be ok while they are small they need plenty of air and pristene water |
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| Author: | bigdaddy123 [ Apr 7th, '11, 17:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
Hi Fish food, Good advise as per usual, yes I hope they will get to about 500 grams each in October, then I'll cull all the trout and add the barra again. I just have to remember pristine water and heaps of air. Cheers. |
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| Author: | Outbackozzie [ Apr 7th, '11, 21:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
Yeah, I had around 75 in each IBC at one stage, and it is a major struggle to keep the water clean. And by october they should be over 750g not 500. Probably not with so many in small tanks though. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Apr 7th, '11, 21:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
And in October the water will probably be way too cold for Barra.... 
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| Author: | bigdaddy123 [ Apr 8th, '11, 04:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
Yep, October is the month, when I plan the barra to be in 1000 litres and heated to 20 C plus, November on spread over 2 tanks then heating possibly in March. I thought, 30 Kg of fish per thousand litres of fish tank max, was a general guideline. I know trout grow a lot and eat heaps, So how many trout per IBC is a good number for a 6 month grow out, is a good number in people's opinion? Cheers. |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Apr 8th, '11, 05:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
I regularly have 40 no problem once i had 50 and that was just to many In the ibc were the BIG ones are theres 20 and thats pushing it |
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| Author: | mantis [ Apr 8th, '11, 09:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
I am going to get 20 for my 500L system |
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| Author: | bonsaibelly [ Apr 8th, '11, 09:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
I'm was planning 40 for my IBC sump filled to @700-800ltrs. Have been converting beds to constand floof to reduce the fluctuations in water level... |
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| Author: | vlt [ Apr 8th, '11, 10:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
bigdaddy123 wrote: Yep, October is the month, when I plan the barra to be in 1000 litres and heated to 20 C plus, November on spread over 2 tanks then heating possibly in March. I thought, 30 Kg of fish per thousand litres of fish tank max, was a general guideline. I know trout grow a lot and eat heaps, So how many trout per IBC is a good number for a 6 month grow out, is a good number in people's opinion? Cheers. The other side of the equation is... 2(x)growbed to 1(x) fishtank Its better to stock to growbed volume. |
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| Author: | earthbound [ Apr 8th, '11, 16:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
Yep, how many plants have you got growing? Nutrient removal is the key... |
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| Author: | bigdaddy123 [ Apr 8th, '11, 19:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bigdaddy's trout |
Yeah I have about 2000 litres of grow beds with pretty much a full house of veges, tomatoes are going ballistic and there's heaps of them bazil, strawberries, and there's a few others in as well. I'll post a pic or two when I get a spare minute. I agree that 4000 litres of grow bed would be better but, for me, it's a matter of barrowing a few more tonne up a gerzillion stairs by hand. I may need to add another IBC or two to the system along with the cubic capacity of media filled grow bed. Either that or eat about 20-30 trout when they are a couple of months old. Cheers. |
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