Re: NFC: oscar diet study

[Eric Coffman <erc114 at psu_edu>]

What is the goal of this expirement? Pure curiousity? I have always wondered
how well oscars would do being raised commercially for food. I can just see
it on the grocery market under some catchy name like "brazilian red bass".
Better than Tilapia I bet. Take care.


At 12:29 PM 2/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
>> Tank 1 fish weighed average of 48 grams with length of 10 cm
>> Tank 2 fish weighed average of 119 grams and length of 16 cm
>> 
>> Quandary stop experiment and feed Tank 1 live food also or continue for 3
>> more months.
>
>Ron,
>Although we can not draw strong conclusions from two tanks of 
>fish, it sure seems like live food accelerates growth. Not too big a 
>surprise, I suppose, except for the sheer magnitude of the effect.  
>Given the basic result you have in hand, it seems more interesting to 
>me to switch Tank 1 to live food and see to what degree they can 
>compensate for lost growth. Compensatory mechanisms are known for 
>many animals (e.g. snails).
>
>Thom DeWitt
>
>
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