Eyed Egg Stage

When you can see the eyes the eggs are more hearty and better able to handle transportation to their new temporary home in our school

The  eggs need to be checked at least two times a week so the dead can be pulled out of the group(we did this so if a dead egg is left in the aquarium it may begin growing harmful bacteria so because of the eggs being close together, the bacteria can easy get into to the living eggs.  

Alevin Stage

This stage is the stage where the fish has come out from the egg but the egg sac is still attached to the fish

during this stage, they do not move as much and all of their needs(nutrients, food etc.) come from the sac

Over the time phase of this stage, the sac shrinks and becomes part of the trout's body

When the trout can start to swim to the surface they are entering a new stage called the Swim Up phase, this alerts us to start to feed the fish

Fry Stage

During this stage, the characteristics of the fish look more like we think of as a brook trout

Before this stage, they had to be in-between insulation to keep the temperature low

Once the trout are fry they can be removed from the small holding tank and will be allowed to swim around the rest of the tank

Now during this stage, we will feed them 2 times a day and their production system is more consistent so then there is more of water changes and the water chemistry comes more tricky 

the fish are about one inch in length

Fingerling Stage

The trout are increasing in size

At the beginning of this stage, we release the trout into their natural habitat

We will do this at the Middle of May

Adult

Their life expectancy is not as longer than 3 years

During this stage they get a square tail, red dots surrounded by blue halos, reddish belly take form