Congratulations that's awesome. Have you had a successful spawn yet? I have YP but no luck getting recruitment. I have seen some ribbons in the past but never see small perch. I suspect the Jumbo strain I stocked may not be suited for natural reproduction my area. I'm thinking I should try local perch if I want them to spawn successfully.
We have had ribbons from the spring of 2013 in our pond. We are seeing recrutment to in the spring we can catch 5-1 new 6-8" to one original stocker.
Hello.
Nice Perch.
Do you think to do new experiments with Yellow perch eggs next spring.
A+
My son and I were able to release about 15 perch we raised from eggs in the shop. They were in the 2-2.5" length.
My son and I have learned so much that this year we hope to do better on numbers we can keep alive.
It is the most important thing to keep the egg ribbon cool. The cool will not hurt the development of the fry as much as to much heat will let mold race through the ribbon. Running a high dose of Methylene Blue really helps.
Next is finding food small enough for the fry to eat. Brine shrimp are not the best food for them. I think feeding as long as they can on the egg ribbon is best but you need to keep the ribbon from fungus.
Cheers Don.
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