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RE: NFC: Oscar Data
Good question I know Oscars are at breeding size around 6 inches or 15 cm
though I am thinking that twice this size should be good for fillets
Ron
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-nfc at actwin_com [mailto:owner-nfc at actwin_com]On Behalf Of
-> Sajjad Lateef
-> Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 12:27 PM
-> To: Nfc@Actwin. Com
-> Subject: Re: NFC: Oscar Data
->
->
->
-> Seems that the answer is fairly clear. Live food good!
->
-> How many months does it take an Oscar to attain adulthood? I would
-> continue the experiment until they are all adults. Some fish babies are
-> scrawny and flesh out when close to adulthood. Just my naive suggestion.
->
-> Sajjad
->
->
-> On Fri, 12 Feb 1999,
-> Ronald W. Brooks wrote:
->
-> > Some of you might be interested in mid results in the experiment I am
-> > running
-> >
-> > Data so far feed type -vs- weight gain
-> >
-> > 2 tanks with 4 fish each . with an original average weight of
-> 18 grams and
-> > average length of 5 cm.
-> >
-> > Tank 1 to be fed twice daily commercial fish pellets with the following
-> > breakdown crude protein - 35%
-> > crude fat - 4%
-> > Crude fibre - 5%
-> > Ash - <= 10%
-> > moisture <= 9%
-> >
-> > Tank 2 to be fed twice daily with gut loaded live feeder fish
-> > start-> feeder guppies
-> > then -> rosy reds
-> > current -> feeder goldfish
-> >
-> > All fish bought from the same location and sales tank as an
-> attempt to get
-> > close genetic stock
-> >
-> > At 3 month weigh in
-> >
-> > 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
-> > The One Who Walks Two Paths
-> >
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