Large Grass Carp
In india grass carp are cultured as an important species in pond based composite systems consisting mainly of indian major carps and chinese carps.
Large grass carp. Grass carp should be at least 8 inches long when stocked to avoid predation. The grass carp is one of the largest members of the minnow family. Grass carp have elongate chubby torpedo shaped body forms.
There are two varieties stocked the green grass carp and the albino variety. Grass carp or white amur are silvery to olive in color lacking the golden hue of common carp and they have no barbels. When it comes to vegetation control in your pond grass carp are a cost effective efficient solution to many types of problem vegetations.
Grass carp are usually stocked at rates ranging from 5 to 12 per acre. Buy grass carp and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Introduced to the uk to control weeds in garden ponds they are a herbivorous freshwater fish from eastern asia.
Great savings free delivery collection on many items. The common carp or european carp cyprinus carpio is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in europe and asia. The grass carp are typically bought at 10 inches or larger to avoid becoming easy prey to largemouth bass.
It is cultivated in china for food but was introduced in europe and the united states for aquatic weed control becoming the species of fish with the largest reported production in aquaculture globally over five million tonnes p. The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the international union for conservation of nature but the species has also been domesticated and introduced see aquaculture into environments worldwide and is often. Grass carp is a large member of the minnow family with a body which is moderately compressed laterally.
The grass carp is a large herbivorous freshwater fish species of the family cyprinidae native to eastern asia with an original range from northern vietnam to the amur river on the siberia china border. Grass carp are fast becoming a popular fish addition to the garden pond. This asian carp is the only species of the genus ctenopharyngodon.
Its mouth is terminally located on a wide head and eyes are small and low on the head. To achieve desired results these fish should be stocked at a rate of 10 per acre of vegetation or increase this rate by 50 in spring fed or otherwise clear water impoundments where sun rays penetrate much deeper than normal. The marketing size for grass carp is 1 1 5 kg and 1 5 2 5 kg in ponds and cages respectively.
They have long torpedo shaped bodies with broad rounded heads. Adults often attain near 3 9 ft in length and over 40 pounds in weight. The body is oblong with moderately large scales while the head has no scales.
The 10 to 12 per acre stocking rate generally removes all submersed aquatic plants and most emersed aquatic plants within 2 years.
