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| Author: | Zman [ Jan 30th, '12, 12:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Eating sick perch? |
Hey guys, got a batch of about 42 silvers a month ago and they started dieing a few days in. (3-4 died) After salting to 10pp they have stopped dieing (well cant see the bottom of the tank) and i havent netted anyone out for a while. Now they seem to be fine and eating ok but i know some of them have damaged scales/tails. Would it be ok to eat them still (they were 100mm i wont be eating them for a year or 2) or would it be better to just get rid of them and start over. |
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| Author: | faye [ Jan 30th, '12, 13:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eating sick perch? |
Why decide now Zman, as long as you haven't treated them with any nasty stuff they may well be okay. Their scales may recover and I think that if they live another 2 years and stay healthy they should be fine, that is if you don't name them and get attached to them. |
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| Author: | BullwinkleII [ Jan 30th, '12, 13:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eating sick perch? |
I hade a nitrite spike a while ago that caused some damage. I had some silvers with large white scale damage that came good (actually I still have one that has a little bit of white left. The damaged area was a patch about 10mm by 20mm on each side of the fish of around 200mm length. But I ate one that looked too sick and it was delicious. I cant see any reason why eating them down the track should be an issue. Half the fish in the market might have gone through a rough patch at some stage in their lives and we would never know. |
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| Author: | BullwinkleII [ Jan 30th, '12, 14:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eating sick perch? |
isnt 10pp a lot of parts per? I thought 1 for nitrite poisoning 3 for sick fish and a quick bath in 6 for really sick fish |
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| Author: | arbe [ Jan 30th, '12, 17:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eating sick perch? |
I have often pondered this question myself. I wonder if it's only the outside which is effected and the flesh is still ok. |
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| Author: | faye [ Jan 30th, '12, 18:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eating sick perch? |
Salt water fish live in 35ppt, well that is my understanding anyway. I wouldn't enjoy eating fish if I thought they had been sick, but if I'd grown them myself and believe them to be healthy I would be quite happy. |
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| Author: | Zman [ Jan 30th, '12, 19:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eating sick perch? |
Thanks for the input guys! Originally i got these pond silvers that had been in a holding tank for a few days. I thought it would be fine because the water stats in the holding tanks were roughly the same as mine. Put them in and they started to die about 3-4 days in. Salted to 3pp when i first noticed something up which was the rest of my salt. Another died a day or 2 later, bought some more salt and salted them to 10pp in the IBC (turned off pump), left them there with massive air being pumped in for a couple of hours then let the salt dilute down to 5pp. If after the 10pp they still were dieing i would rather have dumped the water then started again with a new batch, this time not from a pond.... Found another one dead when i scooped the bottom but since then it has been fine. The remaining perch have been eating fine. but i have seen some with damage to their scales/tails thus this post. |
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