why are some of my catfish turning white? - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T08:25:44Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/why-are-some-of-my-catfish-turning-white?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A360611&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy Chinese catfish are around…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-14:4778851:Comment:3625652012-07-14T07:54:33.552ZJim Hallhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimHall
My Chinese catfish are around the size of the Channel Catfish. They hide pretty good, but I catch glimps of them when they're active at night. The are more of a translucent, having gone from sort of a dark blue-gray color. They may have caught something, but don't act like it. Maybe hanging in the dark areas, compared to the open pond they were raised in, eventually changed their color. Guess I'll watch and wait. Only 3 of each type, channels just when in from another system. Mostly about 100…
My Chinese catfish are around the size of the Channel Catfish. They hide pretty good, but I catch glimps of them when they're active at night. The are more of a translucent, having gone from sort of a dark blue-gray color. They may have caught something, but don't act like it. Maybe hanging in the dark areas, compared to the open pond they were raised in, eventually changed their color. Guess I'll watch and wait. Only 3 of each type, channels just when in from another system. Mostly about 100 tilapias of different breeds. Randall, I use to live in Aus…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-13:4778851:Comment:3622612012-07-13T13:12:08.576ZCharlotte Seiberthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CharlotteSeibert
<p>Randall, I use to live in Austin and take trips there from time to time, would love to see your operation next trip, would you mind?</p>
<p>Randall, I use to live in Austin and take trips there from time to time, would love to see your operation next trip, would you mind?</p> it's good to have some stress…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-13:4778851:Comment:3623082012-07-13T02:16:16.822ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>it's good to have some stress relief.</p>
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<p>And guess what? Even if you didn't have another full time job, "farming" is so busy that you still can't always run and do things at the drop of a hat, since to do that it usually means you are dropping something else in order to do it.</p>
<p>it's good to have some stress relief.</p>
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<p>And guess what? Even if you didn't have another full time job, "farming" is so busy that you still can't always run and do things at the drop of a hat, since to do that it usually means you are dropping something else in order to do it.</p> Never heard of humpbacks, is…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-11:4778851:Comment:3607002012-07-11T22:27:21.071ZCharlotte Seiberthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CharlotteSeibert
<p>Never heard of humpbacks, is that also a type of cat? Where r u at Randall, what state? How big is your tank?</p>
<p>Never heard of humpbacks, is that also a type of cat? Where r u at Randall, what state? How big is your tank?</p> Good Luck with it Randall, I'…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-11:4778851:Comment:3608492012-07-11T11:03:03.232ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Good Luck with it Randall, I'm glad you are not letting the troubles get you too down.</p>
<p>Good Luck with it Randall, I'm glad you are not letting the troubles get you too down.</p> We were talking about Channel…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-10:4778851:Comment:3607132012-07-10T17:40:46.828ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>We were talking about Channel Catfish native here in the USA. I don't know much about Chinese catfish. The white patches often indicative of columnaris disease tend to show up in patches on their backs and some people call it saddle back disease because of this. I'm not sure if a fish just turning to a paler shade is anything to be concerned with or not with the kind of fish you have.</p>
<p>We were talking about Channel Catfish native here in the USA. I don't know much about Chinese catfish. The white patches often indicative of columnaris disease tend to show up in patches on their backs and some people call it saddle back disease because of this. I'm not sure if a fish just turning to a paler shade is anything to be concerned with or not with the kind of fish you have.</p> What type of catfish? I have…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-10:4778851:Comment:3606112012-07-10T17:18:49.533ZJim Hallhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimHall
What type of catfish? I have just 3 Chinese Catfish I recently moved to an old jacuzzi tank that I have a bunch of very healthy tilapia in. I see the catfish hanging around under the taro I put in planter in one corner to allow them to hid, but just noticed at least one has become noticably pale compared to when I got them. They hid pretty good, so haven't seen the rest. Just saw this post and will be curious if I have a problem or not.
What type of catfish? I have just 3 Chinese Catfish I recently moved to an old jacuzzi tank that I have a bunch of very healthy tilapia in. I see the catfish hanging around under the taro I put in planter in one corner to allow them to hid, but just noticed at least one has become noticably pale compared to when I got them. They hid pretty good, so haven't seen the rest. Just saw this post and will be curious if I have a problem or not. Charlotte, it's like trying t…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-10:4778851:Comment:3603002012-07-10T11:05:34.935ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Charlotte, it's like trying to guess why you catch a cold. Sometimes it's easy to figure out why, other times not so much. Good to hear they are recovering.</p>
<p>Charlotte, it's like trying to guess why you catch a cold. Sometimes it's easy to figure out why, other times not so much. Good to hear they are recovering.</p> My fish all are fine, they se…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-07-10:4778851:Comment:3602592012-07-10T03:21:20.322ZCharlotte Seiberthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CharlotteSeibert
<p>My fish all are fine, they seem to be getting some of the color back, they never did seem sick. They stayed active and all ate good. Never did figure out why, water test are all still good. I put game cameras up nothing has been messing with them. Only the two had the white on them and it has just started to go away. Now just 1/3 of the tail end instead of half the fish. I still have not gotten to the point of havesting fish, they are still too small for my liking, but I bet you enjoyed…</p>
<p>My fish all are fine, they seem to be getting some of the color back, they never did seem sick. They stayed active and all ate good. Never did figure out why, water test are all still good. I put game cameras up nothing has been messing with them. Only the two had the white on them and it has just started to go away. Now just 1/3 of the tail end instead of half the fish. I still have not gotten to the point of havesting fish, they are still too small for my liking, but I bet you enjoyed yours</p>
<p> <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a>, I had to have bought fish for dinner tonight lol </p>
<p>I had trouble with seedlings starting, planted blackeyed peas in one bed, they are looking good. But can't seem to get anything started in the tomatoe grow bed, all that I have left in there now is 4 cherry tomatoe plants, but they are producing, have to use a latter to harvest them. They did not seem to like the salt, the bottom leaves all died. I have not resalted beings the fish look ok.</p>
<p>Still a puzzle as to why they lost color, like you said , from what I can see the skin looks good.</p>
<p>sorry for your loss, any idea what messed with your hose?</p> You can feed but definitely m…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-26:4778851:Comment:3557202012-06-26T13:42:41.584ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>You can feed but definitely make sure they are eating it all, be careful not to over feed.</p>
<p>You can feed but definitely make sure they are eating it all, be careful not to over feed.</p>