Team Awesome

[ermgravy]

I have read every thread since the start and most are just worthless fill. Very few have anything that indicates Awesomeness!! None actually explain why Team Awesome is Awesome, they just state that it is Awesome!!

my albino sturgeon is pretty special i thought, AWESOME........

 

[princess]

see! smart assed comment - no one thinking your funny go shave ya nuts

 

[philliptobin]

This is Awesome!! Useable information on current fish research!! Pictures of sausages, NOT AWESOME!

Now, what is the purpose of teams? Does each team get a problem area of fish keeping to research and which ever team comes up with the scientific solution win out against the other teams? I do not want to be on Any Team, not Team Awesome, not Team Princess, not Team Baller, and Not Team Prodigy!!
I am currently working on a study of pond demographics to determine whether or not the Bluegill (only inhabitants besides tadpoles) are stunted. I am examining scales and verifying them with the otoliths to determine age, comparing the size to the age I should be able to determine whether or not the population is stunted. If that fails, I have an Indiana Bluegill growth chart from the DNR to compare my findings to. I will also be looking at the stomach contents to see what the Bluegill are eating, I think it is phytoplankton. By doing all of this, I should be able to recommend a course of action to put the Bluegill population on its way to recovering and obtaining larger growth of individuals. In a article by H. S . Swingle in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, "There are various degrees of stunting, but for the purpose of this article stunted populations will be defined as occurring when only a few of the fish present in the pond have been able to reach a legal size. The principle causes of such a condition are as follows: (1) overstocking, (2) the absences of sufficient carnivorous fish, and (3) heavy weed growth in ponds." There is very little to no weed growth in the pond I am studying, but no predators either. According to an article by Dennis Murnyak in The Progressive Fish Culturist, "Stunted fish can resume rapid growth when transplanted to new environments where limiting factors such as food, space, and parasites responsible for stunting are absent." So by making some changes in the pond, the individual fish size should increase. I will be tagging 200 Bluegill using Floy Tag's FF-94 with the extra small T-Bar or the FTF-69 fingerling tag so the growth can be checked every month. The tagged fish will also be useful in getting a population estimate, as well as, helping to verify ages. I want to remain a free agent!!!

 

[ermgravy]

This is Awesome!! Useable information on current fish research!! Pictures of sausages, NOT AWESOME!

UMMM HELLO... Welcome to the lounge...........

 

[Aqua Sanctuary]

doods i am back. we rearranged the whole damn house

 

[princess]

you know what philliptobin......i didn't read what you quoted ( only the team princess bit then smiled ) but you know what i didn't need to read it all because i don't have to....and that my friend is awesome

 

[Aqua Sanctuary]

almost 2 thousand post

 

[Behemoth]

doods i am back. we rearranged the whole damn house

welcome back bro...

Hey you had me marked as non honorary member...

I definitely remember being honorary...

 

[Aqua Sanctuary]

you know what philliptobin......i didn't read what you quoted ( only the team princess bit then smiled ) but you know what i didn't need to read it all because i don't have to....and that my friend is awesome

totaly Awesome.. eat it!

 

[bigspizz]

This is Awesome!! Useable information on current fish research!! Pictures of sausages, NOT AWESOME!

Stop spamming.......I have 30 AWESOME tanks full of researches rewards....This is the layed back lounge dude....put on some sweat pants before you post on the AWESOME thread...Your khaki's are all bunched up.....