My sister has just announced she is buying a property in France, and it comes with a 2 acre lake. The description says it is stocked with 80 garden carp to 20lb in weight.
She has no idea on lake management or carp feeding/care, and neither have I but I won't be there anyway lol.
What advice is available to make checking it possibke before purchasing, and any courses for once she has possession?
Thanks in advance
She has no idea on lake management or carp feeding/care, and neither have I but I won't be there anyway lol.
What advice is available to make checking it possibke before purchasing, and any courses for once she has possession?
Thanks in advance
In reply to Post #1
Is she married?
Is she married?
In reply to Post #2
No, never..
No, never..
Assuming they've probably been put in and left to their own devices with the previous owner putting a bit of feed in a few days a week similar to someone with a garden pond.
Feeding amount and how often comes down to biomass and time of year to keep them tip top, she'd probably find it easiest to start with soaking some flaked maize in warm water give it half an hour/hour to soak in and ball it up and dot around various areas of the lake the deeper areas would be more beneficial so bird life doesn't get at it all first at least they would be getting something.
Pellet is probably a more beneficial route but can work out quite costly, lets say 80 carp with an average of 10lb in weight is 350kg at 1.5% would be 5kg in food a day ideally but works out costly over a 4 to 5 month growing higher activity period a year.
A bit of pellet say 1kg bulked with flaked maize at 3kg is probably the best solution for now until she can gen up a bit, April until October is when they need feeding the most she can pretty much forget about them when the water temperature drops below 8c.
Feeding amount and how often comes down to biomass and time of year to keep them tip top, she'd probably find it easiest to start with soaking some flaked maize in warm water give it half an hour/hour to soak in and ball it up and dot around various areas of the lake the deeper areas would be more beneficial so bird life doesn't get at it all first at least they would be getting something.
Pellet is probably a more beneficial route but can work out quite costly, lets say 80 carp with an average of 10lb in weight is 350kg at 1.5% would be 5kg in food a day ideally but works out costly over a 4 to 5 month growing higher activity period a year.
A bit of pellet say 1kg bulked with flaked maize at 3kg is probably the best solution for now until she can gen up a bit, April until October is when they need feeding the most she can pretty much forget about them when the water temperature drops below 8c.
In reply to Post #1
First thing id do (im not saying im right) is to get a Ph check, do all the water tests to ensure the quality is spot on,
Id then consider a silt survey, depths etc
First thing id do (im not saying im right) is to get a Ph check, do all the water tests to ensure the quality is spot on,
Id then consider a silt survey, depths etc
In reply to Post #5
You could just sell them.
Depends what reason/time/motivation your sister had for buying the property and if she is going to live there.
You could just sell them.
Depends what reason/time/motivation your sister had for buying the property and if she is going to live there.
In reply to Post #1
The lake isn't across the road from the property is it?
The lake isn't across the road from the property is it?
Thanks for the advice All.
Water quality is something I can cover off. The lake is within the bounds of the property and has 2 Gites on the lake edge.
She and her partner will be living & working in the main house, with the lets as additional income. They see the lake as a bonus point for the lets, and I just found that her partner has her older brother in france and he runs a shooting and fishing enterprise so looks like everything should be covered.
I aint paying for no let, sticking my campervan right on the lake edge.
Water quality is something I can cover off. The lake is within the bounds of the property and has 2 Gites on the lake edge.
She and her partner will be living & working in the main house, with the lets as additional income. They see the lake as a bonus point for the lets, and I just found that her partner has her older brother in france and he runs a shooting and fishing enterprise so looks like everything should be covered.
I aint paying for no let, sticking my campervan right on the lake edge.