I have put 20 ghost carp about 4 inches long in my large pond. How long will it take for them to reach a size big enough for a meal for two?
2007-01-27 10:34:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
It depends on how pure the pond water is, or its filtration, and how much the ghost carp are eating.. also, the temperatures where you live play a factor.
To get them to grow fast, temperatures that are higher (around the mid-seventies, they start to get stressed at eighty degrees fahrenheit) are good, as well as feeding them more frequent, smaller meals. Unfortunately the variables above could make the growth vary quite wildly...
2007-01-27 13:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably need some live weed/fern that floats so that the guppy fry can hide in therefore increasing their chance of survival. Some say that adding small amounts of non-iodised salt can improve the conditions for breeding. I'm not sure of the amount but a good book on keeping goldfish might tell you something like 1 tablespoon per 2feet sq of tank. Look up Axelrod as an author. Feeding program is good as long as there's never any leftovers. Leftovers settle and can produce gases that are insafe for fish if left to build up.
2016-05-24 06:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you even fathom eating a carp. The nastiest fish to eat. Why not put sunfish in your pond, that would be a good meal.
2007-01-27 13:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
about 20 year you got a long way to go
2007-01-27 12:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by animalhouser07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋