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Grass pickerel Spawning

Started by Guest_MrCatfish_* , Feb 24 2011 02:16 PM

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#41 Guest_MrCatfish_*

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Posted 16 April 2011 - 06:28 PM

Breaking news! My pickerel have spawned again! :biggrin:

They are in my 150 with the other fish.I was able to collect about 50 to 60 eggs. Their were many more but the sunfish were having a feast

.I only have 1 fry left from the last batch and it is about 1 3/4 inch.I will be setting up another tank to raise these new ones.Well I will keep you all updated.

#42 Guest_MrCatfish_*

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 12:44 AM

I forgot to post tank conditions so here they are. PH 7.0 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm nitrate 5ppm GH 15 KH 6
Water temp 64 fahrenheit and lights are on for 10 hours.

#43 Guest_mywan_*

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 01:34 AM

Cool. Were those lighting or temperature conditions changed anytime recently?

#44 Guest_MrCatfish_*

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Posted 17 April 2011 - 11:22 AM

They haven't been changed since Feb. when I increased both. Then the temp went from 55 to about 60 t0 65.and the lighting was 10 to 12 hours. I have recently backed the lighting down to 10 hours because I was getting some algae.This is the second time they have spawned in two months.

#45 Guest_NVCichlids_*

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Posted 02 July 2011 - 04:29 PM

any updates?

#46 Guest_MrCatfish_*

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Posted 02 July 2011 - 05:26 PM

I have two pickerel fry on from each spawn. I would have had about 12 but one fry that was slightly larger than it's tank mates that I did't think was large enough to do any harm. Well proved me wrong.I now know that next time I will need about 5 fry grow out tanks. To separate them by size. The two remaining fry are about 2 1/2 and 3 inches long. They are eating small minnow and worms.

#47 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 02 July 2011 - 05:52 PM

Well proved me wrong.I now know that next time I will need about 5 fry grow out tanks.

Five tanks is kind of intense. You could use something like this: http://www.swisstrop...t divider 1.JPG a vertical sponge tank divider, putting each fry in its own partition. It would allow water flow, but wouldn't allow them to eat one another.

Edited by EricaWieser, 02 July 2011 - 06:01 PM.

#48 Guest_Heather_*

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Posted 19 January 2014 - 07:24 PM

Read all posts in this thread and found it fascinating... any updates?

#49 Guest_MrCatfish_*

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Posted 25 January 2014 - 12:50 AM

I lost all my pickerel in a 9 day power outage with 95 degree heat.

#50 Guest_Heather_*

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Posted 25 January 2014 - 07:04 PM

So sorry to hear that. Been there as well. ...no fun

#51 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 12:38 AM

How do you have a 9 day power outage in the Summer, in Ohio? Even Mississippi got power back to my house in 7 days after Katrina.

#52 Guest_MrCatfish_*

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Posted 05 April 2014 - 12:31 AM

Huge line of severe thunderstorms knocked out power in Indiana,Ohio,Kentucky,West Virginia, and others. Here's a link about the
http://en.wikipedia....merican_derecho