Backyard Aquaponics
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Great harvest Matty, nice big fat ones!

Thanks Charles Just the way I like them


Thanks Mantis , I like digging up old threads , there's sooo many of them. As you can see by the previous photo's on this thread (they are all mine ba ha haa), I like this one

Cheers all

Nice harvest Matthew ! You said 1kg was the biggest, what was the average & how long were they in the system for ?
I just had my first harvest of silvers & for 18 months the average was 356g. Just trying to get an idea of there growth rates. I live in Geraldton so I don't know if climate/water temps are contributing factors ?

Thanks

Yea, yea, it's ur brag thread we know mate.

Thanks gt , That was whole with guts they haven't been fed for a couple of day, nice solid fish . Those that I caught would've averaged 850gm probably...it was a bit of an (un)lucky dip really it did look like some bigger ones in there. I find 800-1250gm fish gives up a decent fillet. Good enough for a feed. As to age , couldn't rightly say.....best guess 3.... could be older. Every year for the past 5 years I get 50 at a time ( although I skipped last year ) chuck them in a 5000lt tank with 100+ others and scoop out a few when the mood takes me , as well as the trout gaining size. Last year I only harvested 25 some went a bit over 1kg. If you look back on the previous page some of those photos are 2 years old
I would like to re-organize things here and have a tank for each age group so I can harvest all of each years and eliminate any underperforming runts
I would think up there in Lobsterland mean temps. would be quite a bit higher than here giving you a higher growth rate.
Hope that helps ....
Cheers

As for Charles's comment :

Thanks Matthew
That gives me some kind of an idea on growth, guess now Ill just have to wait another 6 months & have another look- taste. Would love to give trout a go one day !
Catch Ya