Agriculture Reference
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or leave them in place and add your new fingerlings into the Fish Tank to start the process
again.
Restocking:
Introducing new fingerlings into Fish Tank with existing larger fish can be a little scary.
Whenyouhavecompletedthesecondharvestoffishfromthetankandstillhaveaggressive
tilapia in the Fish Tank and want to introduce more fingerlings, here is the process.
After you feed the larger fish, place the bag (Photo 1) with the new fingerlings to match the
total number harvested into the tank to equalize the temperature. After an hour, place some
of the water from the Fish Tanks
into the plastic bag
and then very slowly let more water
into the bag by submerging it. Then carefully grab the bottom corners in two hands and
gently pull the bag out of the fish tank by the bottom. Make sure no fingerlings are trapped
in the bag. That's it. (Photo 2)
Tilapia are
NOT
carnivores, however, they will occasionally eat a fingerling, but usually it
is a mistake because the fingerling moved too fast. The fingerlings adapt to the Fish Tank
very quickly and the larger fish do not bother them. Feed the babies some flake food im-
mediately. The larger fish will eat some of it but it starts the babies off with some food.
Two different size groups of fish the Fish Tank presents a problem at feeding time. The
large fish are aggressive and will eat any food available. The babies need to be fed several
times each day. Here is the interim solution until the babies are two to three inches long:
Directions (below) are feeding directions
AFTER you restock your fish tank with fin-
gerlings:
Feed the regular fish and the baby fish (fingerlings) their fish chow feed (this feed re-
sembles dog food) and feed both size fish at the same time, but feed them 1/3 of what you
would normally feed them - and feed them three times per day. (Reminder, do not feed
your fish after dark).
You will use the regular sized fish chow feed along with a handful of ground fish chow
(same chow but ground) when you feed the fish.
Grind a large bowl of fish chow by placing it in a bag and using a hammer to make the
pieces smaller or by using a grain or nut grinder and set for coarse grinding.
Here is an
Use a scoop to feed your fish so your hands don't touch the fish chow and introduce the
possibility for the spread of bacteria or pathogens.
