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How does everyone's water temps look? I took mine with a pool thermometer from Ace and it read 44. Can we start feeding at 50 degrees for BG's? I want to get them BG's "plumped" up this first full year! 
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My pond is 50 degeres right now almost perfect for trout. the hogs are definatly eating well.
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50 and up is fine. I had Dr. Paul Brown a fed researcher at Purdue tell me if they are hungry go ahead and feed them.
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My pond is 50 degeres right now almost perfect for trout. the hogs are definatly eating well. My trout pond water is in the thirties (No need to crank up the well yet) and I feed the brooks every few days. They would eat every day if i fed them but in such low water temps it would be a waste of feed.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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My pond is 50 degeres right now almost perfect for trout. the hogs are definatly eating well. My trout pond water is in the thirties (No need to crank up the well yet) and I feed the brooks every few days. They would eat every day if i fed them but in such low water temps it would be a waste of feed. Cecil, why do you say that?
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In an aquaculture setting max feeding (more than would result in growth at the rate desired) is deemed a waste. Not always seeking max growth and fat. That may be what CB1 is talking about.
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My pond is 50 degeres right now almost perfect for trout. the hogs are definatly eating well. My trout pond water is in the thirties (No need to crank up the well yet) and I feed the brooks every few days. They would eat every day if i fed them but in such low water temps it would be a waste of feed. Cecil, why do you say that? Because of the low temps metabolism isn't very high but they still exinctively eat more than they need and growth is not significant in low water temps. So the feed can be wasted. Some texts even say trout are just at maintenance below 38 F. There's actually a possibility the trout may fill themselves up with pellets that are dry and digest slowly due to the low water temps, and have issues like pressure on their swim bladders or other problems.
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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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In an aquaculture setting max feeding (more than would result in growth at the rate desired) is deemed a waste. Not always seeking max growth and fat. That may be what CB1 is talking about. Somewhat. I actually feed them at half the rates on the feed bags (only once per day) and get excellent growth but still have lots of fatty tissue in the fish. I'd like to use a higher protein lower carb diet but it's not available locally.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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