Backyard Aquaponics
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I have no experience with the shrimps eating the fungi off the eggs. Have not placed the shrimp in the egg basket.
I know that they will eat the dead alevin though, as seen in the photo -

Seriously great information! I'm totally going to do it!

Hey kthignight24.

It would be around this time of the year that eggs could be available in your part of the woods, is that right?

What time of year do rainbows spawn in the US. I suspect there would be different times of year/month for different states due to wide variations in climate/temperatures.

I think the bulk of trout eggs available in Australia are from Tasmania. Eyed eggs are normally available around June/July depending on weather.

An interesting research paper, I found on the Net last year, stated that females from fertile streams will lay smaller eggs than ones from stream that do not have as much food. That's because the overall biomass of eggs is the same but... in less fertile streams, the alevins need to be larger when they hatch, to have a better chance of survival. Very clever fish!!

So if you get smaller than average eggs, there is no need to despair. They are from a healthy environment.

Thanks as always for the advice. I definitely need to do more research first.

interesting.

Pretty good photography too