Sterile Carp For Sale
Grass carp are a great tool for management of submerged aquatic weeds like hydrilla bushy pondweed coontail and other soft tissue species.
Sterile carp for sale. They are actually one of the largest members of the minnow family and can live up to 20 years and commonly grow to weigh 25 lbs. For this reason only sterile carp are allowed to be sold in sc ga nc among other states. Used as a biological means of aquatic weed control in farm ponds and lakes.
When it comes to vegetation control in your pond grass carp are a cost effective efficient solution to many types of problem vegetations. With 15 years of experience in the application of sterile grass carp we are involved in numerous projects and estate developments. Triploid grass carp ctenopharyngodon idella.
A major breakthrough came in the 1980 s with the development of techniques to produce sterile grass carp incapable of reproducing. Aquatic weeds such as curly leaf pondweed coontail and duckweed. The best long term control of submersed weeds is stocking sterile grass carp.
They are a non indigenous species from asia and can easily become invasive. Only sterile or triploid grass carp are permitted in these areas and are what is provided by mid atlantic stocking. Triploid grass carp have been imported to the united states and are raised here for the purpose of aquatic weed control.
Grass carp grow rapidly and prefer to feed on rooted vegetation although after five years of age both their growth rate and their effectiveness at controlling aquatic plants slow considerably. Sterile grass carp are very effective in controlling submersed weeds and can eat up to 5 times their body weight in one day. Triploids are sterile and each fish has been individually tested before final sale.
Sterile grass carp are used as an organic method of controlling problematic weeds instead of using expensive and harmful chemicals. Triploid grass carp will live for up to 10 years but with age their metabolism will slow making. For a list and pictures of the plants that grass carp will eat visit the grass carp preferred plants document on the downloads page.
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. Triploid grass carp are asian grass carp that have been altered using hydrostatic pressure prior to hatching to make them sterile unable to reproduce. We are specialists in the breeding and application of sterile chinese grass carp ctenopharyngodon idella for the control of aquatic weeds in dams and waterways.
In most cases if stocked at a rate of 10 15 per acre these fish can control all of your weed problems within a year s time. Triploid grass carp are an elongated torpedo shaped fish with a terminal mouth and no barbels they are dark olive to brownish yellow in color and have large scales along the length of their body. Sterile grass carp triploid white amur.
Along with warmer temperatures upcoming so are submersed weeds in ponds.
