RES, YP and WE stocking (with pics) - 10/16/12 07:06 AM
I finally got my long awaited fish and stocked them in the pond Saturday.Their sizes where right on with what they said they were. I ended up with more fish than I paid for, 3 extra YP and 11 extra RES (I only wanted 20). Pond is only 1/4 s.a. so I didn't get many, here's the numbers:
31 RES 4-6"
33 YP 5-7"
5 WE 7-9"
The stocking went well, the surface temperature of my pond was the same as the tanks at the fishery. I added a bucket of my pond water to the bags the fish came in and then netted them out to a 10 gallon aquarium that had my pond water in it. I wanted a good look at the fish and I don't like adding the water from the fishery to my pond. One RES looked injured in the tank but I haven't found any floaters since releasing them.
The pictures below show my water clairity (or lack of it). The tank is only 10" front to back and if a fish is next to the glass in the back you can't see it from the front. The pond was clearer in the spring but it's lacked clarity all summer. I collected a large glass jar of pond water and let it sit for almost a week with barely a change, I compared it to another identical jar with a new collection, it doesn't settle out. Is this what a bloom does? or is this caused by having too many minnows? I have a ton of minnows. Does the water look ok?
The YP are feed trained but I haven't seen any at feeding time the last 2 days. With all the minnows they probably don't care about the AM. The air temperature has been nice, in the 60"s but very windy.
I have a video of the RES but I don't know if it's possible to post it here from photobucket. The pictures could be better, they are taken with my cell phone and reflection off the glass doesn't help either.
Photo of RES:
RES group pic:
YP, they like to crowd in the corner:
WE laying on bottom:
WE closeup, checking me out:
31 RES 4-6"
33 YP 5-7"
5 WE 7-9"
The stocking went well, the surface temperature of my pond was the same as the tanks at the fishery. I added a bucket of my pond water to the bags the fish came in and then netted them out to a 10 gallon aquarium that had my pond water in it. I wanted a good look at the fish and I don't like adding the water from the fishery to my pond. One RES looked injured in the tank but I haven't found any floaters since releasing them.
The pictures below show my water clairity (or lack of it). The tank is only 10" front to back and if a fish is next to the glass in the back you can't see it from the front. The pond was clearer in the spring but it's lacked clarity all summer. I collected a large glass jar of pond water and let it sit for almost a week with barely a change, I compared it to another identical jar with a new collection, it doesn't settle out. Is this what a bloom does? or is this caused by having too many minnows? I have a ton of minnows. Does the water look ok?
The YP are feed trained but I haven't seen any at feeding time the last 2 days. With all the minnows they probably don't care about the AM. The air temperature has been nice, in the 60"s but very windy.
I have a video of the RES but I don't know if it's possible to post it here from photobucket. The pictures could be better, they are taken with my cell phone and reflection off the glass doesn't help either.
Photo of RES:
RES group pic:
YP, they like to crowd in the corner:
WE laying on bottom:
WE closeup, checking me out: