Grass Eating Carp For Sale
Cold water temperate between 4 20 deg c 39 70 deg f care.
Grass eating carp for sale. Please feel free to contact de rust for any further information. Each grass carp is micro magnetically coded and each shipment of fish is accompanied by the necessary sterility certification and permits as required by the various provincial authorities. Call us today 304 783 5025.
They will start by eating their favorite plants almost exclusively. We are able to supply and permit triploid grass carp as a biological control method for your aquatic weed problem. Like its cousin the european carp.
The grass carp does not muddy the waters of ponds or lakes in its efforts to eat plant materials. Ctenopharyngodon idella maximum size. We stock triploid grass carp twice a year.
Grass carp will eat most aquatic plants and weeds. De rust is the leading authority on grass carp in southern africa. Stocking at the recommended rate is very important in order to achieve adequate results.
The grass carp will not reproduce or harm the reproduction of other fish in the pond. Will acclimatize to a wide range of conditions. Grass carp are fast becoming a popular fish addition to the garden pond.
Although it is a relative of the common carp it neither acts nor looks like the common carp. The grass carp actually tends to mow plants eating them from the top down because of the way its mouth is placed. Introduced to the uk to control weeds in garden ponds they are a herbivorous freshwater fish from eastern asia.
Florida waterways is a freshwater frog fish dealer and a fwc authorized triploid grass carp supplier. Grass carp are far less expensive and will continue controlling weeds for approximately 8 10 years. The rooted vegetation will continue to grow back.
They eat 3 times their body weight in moss and vegetation per day. Grass carp latin name. It can grow up to 60 pounds and live 15 20 years.
100cm preferred water conditions. The young fish will eat almost anything but as they get larger they will eat more and more soft weeds which is why they are regularly used as a biological weed control. The grass carp is a plant eating fish that is native to china and russia.
The grass carp is occasionally caught on hook and line and some anglers think it tastes better than the common carp. Rainbowhead farms of west virginia sells live grass carp for recreation or wholesome family food. Grass carp are herbivorous fish which have been introduced to waterways around the world for aquatic weed control.
Grass carp for sale online ctenopharyngodon idella also known as white amur.