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Acclimate Sterile Grass Carp

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FISH RELEASE IN OUR BASS POND...What the heck are they?

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What happens here

Sterile grass carp are transported in sealed plastic bags containing water that is significantly cooler than the pond water. To prevent thermal shock and ensure the fish's survival, it's crucial to acclimate them. This is done by placing the sealed bag directly into the pond water for 3-5 minutes, allowing the temperatures to slowly equalize. During this time, a small amount of pond water is periodically introduced into the bag to further aid in temperature and water chemistry adjustment.

Goal: Prepare the sterile grass carp for introduction into the pond by gradually adjusting them to the pond's water temperature.

Tools and materials

  • plastic bag
  • pond water
  • sterile grass carp

What they say

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grab the bag they don't like to be bothered these are big fish guys big fish these are your sterile grass carp now what we're going to do this water is probably 20 degrees cooler than the air outside and probably 5 degrees cooler than the pond and we've got to acclimate these fish so what we're going to do is slowly introduce a little water and we only have a little bit of water here and we'll slowly introduce this water and we're also going to post a link down on the website - I believe it's called Arkansas pond stockers and we're gonna share this video with those guys too so we're gonna start introducing these guys into the water and they're gonna do the job of keeping our pond clean so no more green slime on the top of the pond these are herbivorous fish they're herbivores they are cows for the pond awesome let's get them in there ok so what you guys need to be thinking here it's 90 degrees outside that means the top of this water is probably going to be close to the 75 to 78 degree range a little science for you when acre foot of water is 1 foot of water over an entire acre and that's 326,000 gallons and that amazing again the stocking rate and these rubber bands are up top dude there we go so again the stocking rate is around 10 to 12 per acre we've already stocked this pond year after year and we put about five a year in here I'm gonna say this will make a total 15 or 20 fish in this pond I don't want to put too many in so we're gonna introduce a little bit of this water just a little bit and it's not much warmer than the water that's in the bag these fish are skittish and when we start releasing them you'll see why if it's really really hot in the heat of the summer you might want to walk out in your pond just a little ways so that you can acclimate your fish appropriately introduce just a little bit here a little bit there if you had a mason jar or some clean type of a jar that would work also and over about three to five minutes that's how long it takes to introduce these fish into the pond we've got another bag we're going to put in our smaller pot this is something that you could do and let me show you this

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