TIC Weekly - Week 1
TIC Weekly will feature PFBC’s Trout In the Office (TIO) updates as they raise Rainbow Trout from eyed eggs to fingerlings.
Observations:
The TIO trout are currently in the eyed egg stage. They don't move around during this stage. Look closely you and you will see their eyes, heart, and more developing!
They will begin hatching into the next stage, sac fry, in about 5-8 days.
PFBC’s Trout In the Office Eggs arrived on September 25, 2020! See below videos to see how we unpacked and acclimated them.
Water Quality Parameters
Temp - 55F pH - 8.2 Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrites - 0ppm Nitrates - 20 ppm DO - 10.9 ppm
Life Stage Facts
Water quality plays a major role in healthy trout development and populations!
Trout are well protected at the eyed egg stage in our aquarium; however, trout at this stage, in nature, are vulnerable to pollution events. They cannot move from one location to another.
The egg shell is structured to take in oxygen for development. Trout eggs cannot survive if sediment from near-by construction or eroding stream banks covers them.