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#574243 05/05/25 06:54 PM
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I was thinking about this from a raising fish standpoint. In a small pond, would the poundage of grown bass use the same amount of O2 as fry or fingerlings and would the waste they generate be the same as well ?
It could be 1 ten pounder, 5 twos or 10 lbs of lil ones. Just one of those things that popped into my head as I was trying to go to sleep.

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My guess is - No. Because the standard metabolic rate varies a great deal from young fast-growing fish to older adult fish.
















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Not a guess here. Ewest is correct. The answer is no. From a fish hauling standpoint, using the same weight of fish in big fish vs. small fish. O2 flow needs to be much higher with small fish than large fish given the same weight of fish in the same gallons of water. Also waste (in my case ammonia and CO2 buildup.) in more with little fish than with big fish.


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Thank you for the reply. Now I know.


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