Very Lucky Bluegill
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:52 pm
Just thought I'd share this occurrence I had last week. I have a 625 gallon hard plastic tub that I have two S. American cichlid temensis peacock bass in, couple of BGs and couple of tilapia that didn't get eaten by the peacock bass. Never saw any signs of spawning before.
I have a large filter for my tub. Once a week or two, I'll backflush the filter to clean it out. I water my fruit trees and plants with the fish wastewater. After filling 5 gallon buckets with the wastewater, I let the waste settle to the bottom, pour off most of the clear water to get a more concentrated "fertilizer" for my plants. When I started pouring off the clear water, I discover 8-10 tiny little fish! All about 1/8" long. I put them in 10 gl. aquarium and started feeding them brine shrimp eggs. I'd love it if they were the cichlid temensis peacock bass, but I suspect they are BG. What are the chances these fish survived thru the filter system!
James from the Wahiawa Middle School fish hatchery has been very helpful giving me pointers on how to raise these very little critters. I may isolate my big BGs and try to start raising some BG to augment our lake.
I have a large filter for my tub. Once a week or two, I'll backflush the filter to clean it out. I water my fruit trees and plants with the fish wastewater. After filling 5 gallon buckets with the wastewater, I let the waste settle to the bottom, pour off most of the clear water to get a more concentrated "fertilizer" for my plants. When I started pouring off the clear water, I discover 8-10 tiny little fish! All about 1/8" long. I put them in 10 gl. aquarium and started feeding them brine shrimp eggs. I'd love it if they were the cichlid temensis peacock bass, but I suspect they are BG. What are the chances these fish survived thru the filter system!
James from the Wahiawa Middle School fish hatchery has been very helpful giving me pointers on how to raise these very little critters. I may isolate my big BGs and try to start raising some BG to augment our lake.
