<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8616631#post8616631 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Luis A M
Nice fish Kathy!
and very few misbars for whatever that means...
How old are your market size?
Thanks, Luis!
Most of these fish were hatched in mid June, so they are 5 months old now, but they were market size last month at 4 months old. Some were sold at 3 months, because they were big. I seem to have saturated the St. Louis local market, so I have some extra right now.
It is all right though, to have extras. There was a 3 month break in the spawning after I moved the fish because of a power outage. So it is OK right now to have extra fish on hand to supply my customers during the 3 months when there would be no fish if my supply matched my demand. After February, I'll have to start shipping.
Yes, there are very few misbars in this batch. The misbars I do have are very cute, though.
The batch of larvae that survived the power outage have more misbars, I think because they largely learned how to eat in the dark, and perhaps did not get enough.
The ones in the first photos in this thread were the ones that i ran out of rotifers. There are lots of misbars in that batch.
My latest hatch was a smaller nest, and I have lots of rotifers this time, so they are doing well, and eating a lot. I may see some headbands tomorrow!
Cheers,
Kathy
