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I remember this from one of my trout farming texts. Thought it was kind of interesting. Of course I'm not sure how effective it would be in really cold temps with no sun. And how practical it would be in your situation.

If I keep fish inside in the future as you are Bruce, I have thought about using black hose tht faces the sun behind insulated glass like a south facing greenhouse. If one could get the water warmer than you need it you wouldn't have to heat so much water. You could mix it into cooler well water while gravity aerating (dropping it) into a distribution tank before running it into you tanks -- to prevent gas bubble disease.

Truthfully it seems to me a small RAS system like the one you can build yourself in the book Small Scale Aquaculture would be the most practical if you could insulate you small room and the tanks. That way you would only have to heat 90 percent of your water one time.






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Here's a CSBG looking for a snack.




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CSBG being weighed...



CSBG showing his girlish figure.




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Bruce, is the fat devil 2007 YOY??? \:o

If I read correctly, (he's) 8+ inches and 9+ ounces (for those of us who don't measure in Portuguese).

P.S. Shouldn't you have a meter stick? ;\)


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Who (or what) is that thing in the background? It looks like your decoy "person," although why you would have him constantly staring into the RAS is beyond me.

I do know that you like to taunt your fish; this may explain things.


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 Originally Posted By: Theo Gallus
Bruce, is the fat devil 2007 YOY??? \:o

If I read correctly, (he's) 8+ inches and 9+ ounces (for those of us who don't measure in Portuguese).

P.S. Shouldn't you have a meter stick? ;\)


I wish!! \:\)

Nah, that's my 2006 fish, from a July spawn.

Your interpretations of the measurements is correct. That fish is about average for the broodstock I'll be using next spring and summer.


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 Originally Posted By: Sunil
Who (or what) is that thing in the background? It looks like your decoy "person," although why you would have him constantly staring into the RAS is beyond me.

I do know that you like to taunt your fish; this may explain things.


That's MJ. He's always assisting me in some way or another. Right now his job is to desensitize my fish to human presence so that I can hand feed them more effectively. He still scares me every time I see him.

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 Originally Posted By: Bruce Condello
That's MJ. He's always assisting me in some way or another. Right now his job is to desensitive my fish to human presence so that I can hand feed them more effectively. He still scares me every time I see him.

Maybe you ought to park MJ next to your bed for a while and desensitize yourself first.


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\:o \:D


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Hey, Bruce, I've been meaning to ask something. Do you use any aeration source in your tanks besides the constant water spray?


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Hey, Bruce, I've been meaning to ask something. Do you use any aeration source in your tanks besides the constant water spray?


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Yes, I have an aerator that supplies all three tanks being currently used. It has a manifold that distributes the air to each tank.


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Bruce,

Here's where the Condello bluegills I got from you are right now. When I get near the cage I hear, "Take us back to Bruce! Man I miss that building. Bruce sold us down the river! It's too cold out here!" Oh and they are saying naughty words about you that can't be posted here Bruce. \:D



I had to chop the cage out of the ice. The heavy snow pushed it down and it froze just below the water line. Note the holes in the background. I made several holes around this small 1/10th acre pond to let light in.

HEY CECIL - CODY SAYS: That's what you get when you float your cages so low in the water.

HEY CODY -- CECIL SAYS: You're the one that told me to sink them farther down for the winter!

Here's my perch cage which I still have to chop out. This picture shows what the Condello cage looked like before chopping. You can't hardly tell there's a cage there!



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Here's a couple of pictures with a bluegill that is now age-2, or about 81 weeks old.

210 mm and 278 g equates to a Wr of about 131. This fish is slightly bigger than most, but about 32 g smaller than the biggest fish.





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nice fish bruce..based on the first pic you obviously measure them before you fillet them? \:o \:D

i'll be curious to see if my "2" year olds get anywheres near that big although my control on their exact age is not so good.


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 Originally Posted By: Bruce Condello
Here's a couple of pictures with a bluegill that is now age-2, or about 81 weeks old.

210 mm and 278 g equates to a Wr of about 131. This fish is slightly bigger than most, but about 32 g smaller than the biggest fish.


Since not all of us speak metric I decided to take it upon my self to translate Bruce's post to english and add some clarification:

Here's a couple of pictures with a bluegill that is now age-2, or about 81 weeks old [that I raised at the Condello Institute for the Creation of Ludicrously Proportioned Blue Gills, muhaaa, muhaaaaa, muhaaaaaaaaaa].

8.26 inclues and 9.80 ounces equates to a Wr of about 131. This fish is slightly bigger than most, but about 1.128 ounces smaller than the biggest fish [and much bigger than anything you'll EVER raise, muhaaa, muhaaaaaa, muhaaaaaaa].



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I assume the weight includes the tray and and the zip lock bag.


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 Originally Posted By: Dwight
I assume the weight includes the tray and and the zip lock bag.


NO WAY, DUDE!


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Dwight you forgot the lead shot the BG was force fed and the finger on the scale. There is a reason you can't see the upper right edge of the scale !! - ;\)
















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 Originally Posted By: jeffhasapond

Since not all of us speak metric I decided to take it upon my self to translate Bruce's post to english and add some clarification:

On behalf of English System unit users everywhere (except England, they're Metrified), thanks, JHAP.

Sometimes I wonder how Bruce finds enough metric teeth on Lincoln, Nebraska to keep his dental practice going. Then I remember he has patients shipped in from all over the world.


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Being a part time Dentist helps with the low numbers of metric teeth.


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I caught my very first 1.5# BG this afternoon - 11+ inches .
Also 1.25# 10+ incher.
Seems width and thickness criteria important as length with larger BG.
I'll post pictures when I get home tomorrow...

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In the episode of The Simpsons entitled ‘A Star Is Burns’, Grampa Simpson uttered: “My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!” That translates into 504 U.S. gallons per mile, or about 1.2 litres per metre! In units more normal for this purpose, it is 0.00198 miles per US gallon (or about 10.48 feet per gallon) or 118,500 L/100 km. (from Wikipedia)






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 Originally Posted By: Bruce Condello
In the episode of The Simpsons entitled ‘A Star Is Burns’, Grampa Simpson uttered: “My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!” That translates into 504 U.S. gallons per mile, or about 1.2 litres per metre! In units more normal for this purpose, it is 0.00198 miles per US gallon (or about 10.48 feet per gallon) or 118,500 L/100 km. (from Wikipedia)[/IMG]


Stop, Please make it STOP. No more numbers, my head hurts enough from tax season already!


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