Thread: D10

Originally Posted by LMBarnett

This is Lymphocystis. Lymphocystis is a common viral disease of freshwater and saltwater fish.

Aquarists often come across this virus when their fish are stressed such as when put into a new environment and the virus is able to grow.

The fish starts growing small white pin-prick like growths on their fins or skin and this is often mistaken for Ich/Ick (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) in the early stages. It soon clumps together to form a cauliflower-like growth on the skin, fins, and occasional gills.

There is no known treatment for this virus, though some aquarists recommend surgery to remove the affected area if it is very serious.

Eventually the growths inhibit the fish's ability to swim, breathe or eat, and secondary bacterial infections usually kills the fish.

Usually the best cure is to simply give the fish a stress free life, a weekly bacteria treatment and the virus will slowly subside and the fins will repair themselves. This can take many months.

there is a known cure for this disease.........,..









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Every other year we raise a crop of crappie in the nursery pond. We put around 300 to 500 crappie in the pond in late winter. They reproduce that spring and we release them the following October/November. We estimate that we release around 300,000 to 500,000 crappie. The crop that we released this past November averaged 5 to 6 inches. That is pretty good growth for a crappie that is only half a year old. For comparison, crappie that we sample in the wild are more like 3 to 4 inches at this age.

Man thats is awesome info thx

Keep it up D10....that is good to hear

We asked this same question to a state biologist on the Arkansas boards and this was his response:

Originally Posted by D10

Here is what I can come up with quickly. These estimates are not exact. Length is in Inches and Weight is in Pounds.

Age --Black Crappie-- White Crappie
------------L------W-----------L-----W---
1+--------6.2----0.30-------8.6----0.40
2+--------8.6----0.40-------11.4---0.95
3+-------11.1----0.85------13.9----1.65
4+-------11.8----1.05------13.7----1.70
5+-------13.6----1.50------15.1----2.31

So a white crappie from Lake Conway caught in the fall/winter that weighs 2.5 pounds would be about 5 or 6 years old. A black crappie from Lake Conway caught in the fall/winter that weighs 2.5 pounds would be around 6 or 7 years old. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by D10

Here is what I can come up with quickly. These estimates are not exact. Length is in Inches and Weight is in Pounds.

Age --Black Crappie-- White Crappie
------------L------W-----------L-----W---
1+--------6.2----0.30-------8.6----0.40
2+--------8.6----0.40-------11.4---0.95
3+-------11.1----0.85------13.9----1.65
4+-------11.8----1.05------13.7----1.70
5+-------13.6----1.50------15.1----2.31

So a white crappie from Lake Conway caught in the fall/winter that weighs 2.5 pounds would be about 5 or 6 years old. A black crappie from Lake Conway caught in the fall/winter that weighs 2.5 pounds would be around 6 or 7 years old. Hope this helps.

This came from the Arkansas board...good info from a state biologist.

Originally Posted by Geagle81

This came from the Arkansas board...good info from a state biologist.

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Yeah that did not work like I had imagined. The question was posed on the main forums and I tried to copy and paste a quote but it didn't show up there so I tried again...guess I know where it was going sorry