Fish fry for the pond

If you have the opportunity to build orrent a pond, you can do a very interesting and quite profitable business - breeding fish. For example, if you take a carp, the 200-gramm male, when fed from April to October, will gain weight approximately 1 kg. Due to the high taste qualities of this fish, the demand for it in the markets is quite stable.

Pond for breeding fish

For breeding fish, particularly carp, you canUse a natural or artificial water reservoir, equipped on its own plot. The most optimal size of the pond is 6x6 meters, the depth is not less than one meter. For breeding thermophilic species such as carp, the optimum depth is 2 meters, and for fish that requires only cool water, for example trout and sturgeon, 3 and more meters. Part of the coastal zone must be made shallow, as in spring in these areas the water is warming up better and the fish on it is spawning.

After the arrangement of the reservoir, the first step is toto strengthen the shore, so that the soil does not slip into the water at atmospheric precipitation. To do this, you can sow the edge of the shore with grass, which will well strengthen the soil. The bottom must also be planted with vegetation, necessary for feeding the fish and for the life of microorganisms. You can take algae from any natural body of water.

Breeding fish

Beginners are better able to breed carp,because it is the fastest growing fish that most water bodies are suitable for. In addition, it is not very demanding on the conditions of detention, it has very high taste qualities and it is much easier to sell at retail outlets.

Carp - unpretentious and omnivorous fish, but ifthe water temperature drops below 8 ° C, it practically stops eating and rising accordingly. The most optimal water temperature is 20 - 29 ° C. Active weight gain carp occurs from April to October.

Where to buy fry?

For fish stocking, the fry can be purchased infish farms or a special store. As a rule, fish fry begin to be sold in spring after ice drift. You can buy one-year-olds, whose weight is 50 - 70 grams, or two-year-olds weighing 200 - 250 g. When buying, you need to consider some factors that will affect the survival rate of fry in the place of their colonization. First of all, try to learn as much as possible about this fish farm, how long has it been working? Is it often and what do fry do for the pond? Does the farm have a license for this type of activity? If possible, find and talk with regular customers. Also it is necessary to visit the chosen farm and see in what conditions the fish fry are kept. This important information will help to avoid significant losses of planting material during transportation and settling in a pond.

Approximate calculation of the growth of carp fry for the season (from April to October):

• Carp fry weighing 20 g can gain weight up to 250 g.
• Planting material (50 - 70 g) - up to 700 g.
• 200 - 250 grams of fish are harvested in the season up to 1000 - 1200 g.

As you can see, the fish grows fast enough, so it can bring a good income.

Prices for fry and feed

A healthy male carp, weighing from 25 to 50 grams, costs about 150 rubles per kilogram. The cost of 100 pieces of planting material is 350-450 rubles. The average price for fish feed is 5-7 rubles / kg.

Carriage of fry

Fry fish are transported in sealed containers. Most often use barrels of 50 liters with a wide mouth.

When transporting fish, water for it is recommendedtake from the same pond where it was earlier, since water from wells, wells and water pipes is not good, since it has a low oxygen content.

In hot weather, it is better not to transport the fry. The best time for transportation is early morning or evening. Before the fish fry will be released into the pond, it is necessary to equalize the temperature in the tanks to make it equal to the temperature of the pond water. With a difference of more than 2 degrees, the fry can experience a temperature shock. To do this, you need to gradually add more cold water from the reservoir into the tank, where the carp fry are, until their temperatures are equalized. After this, you can safely produce "new settlers" in the pond for further cultivation.

Food for carp breeding

Carps eat mainly plant food, andalso by small aquatic organisms and insects. Especially this fish loves young shoots of cattail and reeds. But in order for it to grow well and gain mass, it must be fed with special feed (preferably granulated). For each age, a suitable mixed feed having a certain granule size is sold. You can also feed the fish with wheat grains (preferably slightly sprouted). She has a sweet taste, her carp eat well and very quickly gaining weight.

For better growth of fish, it is possible to install a cultivator of flies of larvae on the reservoir, which will provide the fish with a free full-value protein feed. Carp with such established cultivators grow faster.

You can still attract insects with the help ofuse of light traps. They are the most ordinary lamps with a shade. They are suspended above the water at a meter height and switched on for the night. Light contributes to a strong attraction of various insects - butterflies, mosquitoes, beetles. They fly to the light and, burning themselves on a heated light bulb, fall into the water, where they are eaten by fish.

It must be remembered that when feeding carpcompound feed should not overdo it. The fish should consume the food completely. If it remains too much, it will sour, which will sharply worsen the quality of water in the pond.

Feeding carp is recommended in the feeding troughs, since it is much easier to control the amount consumed by the fish.