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      Is that a Stripe Bass your holding? The Pilot I work with is a Striper Guide on a lake in Kentucky.

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      Yes it is. We fish in the waters off Rhode Island, but the striper population of bigger fish has been steadily decreasing.

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      Quote Originally Posted by FRK View Post
      Hi Matt: I hope I can get enough of it rolling to actually have a spawning to work with trhis summer.

      you still got time mike .
      Get your tubs full early and get your water right . You can raise the fry in them for a while .

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      Thanks Delbert. I did set up 4 1000gal stock tanks with filters a couple of weeks ago. added som feeder gold fish to get the bio filters going. Is there any bacterial additive I should toss in to help the filter cycle?

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      16 days after well pump was installed my two grow out ponds are full.

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      Good deal.
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      Yep! The goldens are water dogs for sure.

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      Quote Originally Posted by FRK View Post
      Thanks Delbert. I did set up 4 1000gal stock tanks with filters a couple of weeks ago. added som feeder gold fish to get the bio filters going. Is there any bacterial additive I should toss in to help the filter cycle?

      Just the fish save your money on the miracle stuff .
      Your mud ponds look great .

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      Quote Originally Posted by FRK View Post
      Thanks Delbert. I did set up 4 1000gal stock tanks with filters a couple of weeks ago. added som feeder gold fish to get the bio filters going. Is there any bacterial additive I should toss in to help the filter cycle?
      Considering all the time you have 'til the water gets good and warm, I agree with Delbert that you probably don't need bio-zyme or the like. But you might put a couple of your 10"-14"mutts in each tub to give the tubs/filters some biological mass to get started with. They might not even notice the feeder goldfish. Your ponds look good all full.

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      Thanks Matt. Good advise on the mutts but I am not at home to do that for the next three weeks. Catching the Mutts is another problem and would need to salt bath them if I did. These tanks are for holding my breeders until I can get something else prepaired. Probably only put two fish in each tank. Do you think two large koi will overload the filter before it has time to cycle up?

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      Would adding water from the Mutt pond Help?

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      Well? Got fish?
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      Have been back to Purdin's to pick out the rest of my start up brood stock. Water at home was still to cold to bring them back with me yet but will return in May to transport. Here are some new photos.

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      Quote Originally Posted by FRK View Post
      Have been back to Purdin's to pick out the rest of my start up brood stock. Water at home was still to cold to bring them back with me yet but will return in May to transport. Here are some new photos. ...
      Very nice! Mike, you've got more patience than I would have.

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      Great-looking fish, Mike.
      Weather's getting good and fishy, now.
      The good times are about to begin.



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      Thanks Matt and Max. I see your temp is over 50f Max, congrats! Been a frustrating wait for you too!

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      Looking good ! Mike

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      Thanks Delbert! NE Arkansas is not to far away, one of these days you need to drop by for a visit.

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      My broodstock is finally home. They are currently resting in the holding tanks to recover from the stress of transport but looking healthy and in good shape. here is a video of unpacking the female Kohaku.
      https://youtu.be/kFSYtsZWqp4. You can see the blood vessels in her tail from the stress. Below is a photo a few hours later and all is well.

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