Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Food to make trout flesh pink?

Nope, brand new. I bought it right before the price increased, and I had them add the electric trailer brakes. In retrospect, I should have had them swap out the ramp for the folding ramp that Triton offers.

I looked at both steel and aluminum trailers, and that one, for it's size has the most payload capacity @ 3500# gross. Plus it only weighs 700#, so as you know, it pulls pretty easily.

I got it! Cecil mentioned that he had found the 5D19 in the spring - so I tried my dealer again and Purina actually UPS'd 2 bags of 5D19 to the dealer. $34 a bag (2 bags) plus $60 freight. Expensive, but will be a fun experiment.

Trout are hoovering the stuff up. Don't know if it will actually effect the color of grown trout flesh, we'll see. The pellets are smaller than the 600 and it almost seems like they prefer it based on the eruption in the pond but maybe it's just more pellets per sq. foot).

At the last PB Conference, the Purina Rep said most trout farms that raise trout for restraunts use AM500 because the trout can fit more pellets in their stomach than AM600 - less "air" space between the pellets and they grow quicker being able to fit more food in their stomachs.

Interesting eshup - that certainly may be the case and they are still behaving the same after a few weeks of this feed.

I can't say that the flesh color has changed all that much, but their external coloring is definitely changed - which I think is what Cecil had said and the primary reason that he used it. Their fins are now markedly pink and their rainbow stripe is enhanced.

Neat stuff, too bad their days are numbered due to the temperature.

No, just ordered a bag at at time, but it is seasonal. Can't get it in the winter.

I caught the last of the surviving trout in late June. Many had markedly pink flesh, but not as pink as salmon. Interestingly, many still had pure white (ok grey or cream), indicating to me that some fish just didn't eat the pellets. No pictures to prove it this year.

Next Friday I get my annual shipment and these fish will be on the 5D19 pellets their entire time with me. I'll be sure to post a picture of their flesh color in the spring. I'm getting a mix of mostly rainbows with some brown, brook, and golden trout. One of my favorite events of the year - next Friday Oct 12th!