Folks,

What do you consider to be your perfect water parameters for growing fry?.

I keep mine at constant breeding parameters, but dose the food with the required vitamins for growth.

Willied

i tend to change my parameters 1 week after free swimmin bring the gh an kh up to gh-12 kh-8

Mine was always the same, as everything on central systems, but relied heavily on high protein food and vits,

Cheers G

ditto for me


had a patch with spinal deformity recently, particularly at the tail junction, hardness related?

So as to not start on the mineral absorbtion bit again, simple answer Mike, no,

Cheers G

hi mike

iv never had any probs with that what was your water prams

If you look at wild fish....they breed in a low ph, so does the water harden when the fry grow?? I think not...to me its all down to the nutrient/vitiman rich food supply

Willied

You got it right.

:) :) :) :)

See.....I'm not just a prettyface lol. :blink: :blink:

Willied

i agre but it just helps to give em the nutrient/vitiman i don't

Lee,

I put a suppliment into that food I made, which is used to grow on fish commercially. Its not available to the public but I got it as my mates a fish farmer. Bumped up the protein level and theres the perfect fry food...

I've seen the base ingredient make goldfish grow at 2 or 3 times thier normal rate, in a year they were about 10" -14" average....when I saw that, some of the food found its way into the boot of my car. (well to be exact 25lbs of it did) :ph43r: :ph43r: :ph43r: :ph43r:

Willied

Willie,

Been playing with some growth hormone stimulants, makes the fish grow quicker than I imagined, reckon you might be having a second product soon..............

Cheers G

now i could be doing with some of this. :rolleyes: For the discus young of course. :D

me too ;)

Simply out of curiosity ....... why do you want to make fish grow faster ?

Commercialy it means that they are saleable quicker

Breeding wise it means they will breed earlier

Shapewise it means they are taller

Strengthwise it means they are stronger,

Cheers G

Plus the fact you can sort out the good un's and bad un's in quicker time...upping your quality of stock.

G,

Doe this method of hormoning affect the fish like the use of hormones has in certain parts of Asia?

Let me know how it goes....I can maybe point you in the direction of a guy who's got his fingers in the rainbow trout market and I reckon he'll be interested in it. Oooo and if you send me some for the 2nd version of the food....all the better :D :D :D :D

Willied

Hey Willie,

It's an extension of my gaba experimentation that's had to take a different route because of the kind intervention of the man from he ministry.....................

Cheers G

what is the growth rate in the wild B) per month

Slow Lee,

According to the literature in the natural history museum stats, they reach 5" total length in 24 months, where as in the tank it can be done in 9 months...............

Cheers G

Funny you should mention GABA G,

Dave emailed me and said its still not stopped his hair loss :D :D

Willied

Wait 'till your girl stops perving on my photo, then she'll want you to get some as well Willie, not that I've ever been short on hair, I'll have to have a word with Dave, he doesn't always take the medicine correctly lol

Cheers G