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I know this much. I do well taking them on the color red, and they fight like demons.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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Nice fish!
Not many options available up here with sunfish.
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Nice fish Bruce and sprkplug. sprkplug what types of fish are in that pond ? Any PS ? Here are the sex ratios (percent male) that Childers got with various hybrid crosses. The male parent is listed first. There is some variation in the numbers from other studies Redear X Bluegill 97 (3) Bluegill X Redear 97 Redear X Green 69 Green X Redear 48 Bluegill X Green 97 Green X Bluegill 68 (2) Redear X Warmouth 55 Bluegill X Warmouth 69 (2) Green X Warmouth 16 Warmouth X Green 84 See this thread fyi http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post150932
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No PS ewest. BG, RES, LMB, CC, and a few old GC.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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Eric, what does the number in (*) represent?
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Eric, what does the number in () represent? Misread the post, I am not sure. It may be number of studies.
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I will check. IIRC it is the number of studies.
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Hey Bruce, What you got planned for your feed delivery system?
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I bought two automatic feeders. Should I post pictures?
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I bought two automatic feeders. Should I post pictures? Nah, mfg and model numbers will work. Quite a few things are rebranded, IE, coming from the same source manufacturer. Not uncommon at all, and is most prevalent. Put's it on the fuzzy side of things when you need reliable info. on the product.
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I wanna see pictures.....
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I bought two automatic feeders. Should I post pictures? I also say please do. The ones I'm seeing the AES catalog are pricey once you include the controllers. Hopefully you found something more reasonable. OTH I've been thinking of trying a pendulum feeder I have on hand. If there are enough fish in the tank it should work. I saw somewhere on the net where a guy showed how to build one.
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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OK, pic's would be really good!
I kinda like the auger feeders.
About 2005, I bought a belt feeder on ebay from a fish farm in WI that went belly up. The pic of the unit looked good, but when I got it, well, I was afraid to plug it in! It was in bad shape!
Theirs was a failed attempt at YP. They also had several large, cone bottom tanks for sale with home made frames.
4 YP start ups, that I know of, never really got too far along. 2 in MI, 1 in OH and 1 in WI. 3 of these were recycle systems and 1 utilized the discharge water from a power plant. That one got accidentally overdosed with Chlorine.
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Boy, Google fish feeders, and a whole bunch of stuff comes up. A lot of them look identical with different brand names Couldn't find a particular Auger Feeder that was especially developed for feed training. I'll have to keep looking, but it's been a few years since I saw it. Bruces Future Fish Feeder: Actually, that is at the Platte River State Hatchery in MI. I stopped by a couple months ago. Really cool place! These are all automated.
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Yeah those government fish farms don't have to worry about making a profit.
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Yeah those government fish farms don't have to worry about making a profit. Nor Security, as what recently happened!
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Well Bruce, What about pic's??? I promise not to laugh, unless it is a re-branded AquaChef from mainland China
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Three redear sunfish from the tank. Top fish is early age-1 (8 mo. old) fish that is not currently feed training. Middle fish is early age-1 (8 mo. old) fish that is successfully converting to pelleted feed. Bottom fish is early age-2 (approximately 20 mo. old) that has been eating pellets since June of last year.
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Highest relative weight age-1 RES thriving in indoor tank and on pelleted feed. This fish was seen actively eating pellets.
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Feed that is being used to feed train RES. This product was featured at Pond Boss conference by Cargill, and is being enhusiastically received by the baby RES!
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Pond Zinger product, also featured at the Pond Boss conference. I am currently using these Pond Zingers to clarify my waste tank. It's hard to quantify the result, but it very much appears that the water becomes clarified, and it is a fact that bluegill live and feed in the waste water tank after the Zinger has been applied.
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My feeders, which I got from Aquatic EcoSystems. Unfortunately, I haven't been ambitious enough to get them in full use to adequately assess their effectiveness.
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My pump and filter from Matala, who was represented at the conferencce. So far, flawless operation. No fish dead at this point. All babies look happy!
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Bruce, knowing your history with BG, it's weird seeing long lepomis from your tanks instead of ones that are just about as tall as long. That's a dramatic representation of what pellet training will do for growth tho!
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