This is super important science to document - it will benefit the entire community. Please keep your observations coming -
I was just really surprised at how much the RES are eating in one of my grow-out ponds. I'd guess that my 50-75 tiny RES ate at least a quarter pound of fish food again this evening.
In the past, I've tried, very unsuccessfully, to grow RES in cages and aquariums. I lost nearly all of them in just a few weeks. I've found RES very difficult to raise and propagate.
I'm not sure what the difference is of not having them in a large aquarium, or having them in a cage at the end of a dock, vs., having them in a small (20'x 25') pond, along with a bunch of FHMs, but it seems to be working.
They are feeding very well on coarsely chopped 36% protein feed pellets. As far as I can tell, they are not eating the FHMs (probably due to size difference).
We are unfortunately going to be gone from the farm for a couple of weeks starting next week. I've got a good caretaker, but ...
I have some HBG in a cage in another pond, that were basically the same size as the RES when I got them several weeks ago. The HBG started feeding immediately. They have grown very noticeably. The RES just started feeding on ground-fishfeed during the last few days, but I can see daily changes between them and their relative close BG cousins.
Anyway, it sure would be great if more would post regarding their RES issues and successes.
Ken
