This little guy is 155g now on empty so I'm thinking by Dec-Jan he should be 800-1000g. So he should definitely be producing plugs by then. How much weight is an acceptable loss before pulling the male out for the season? Or do you all mostly just eyeball him and if they look skinny you pull him out? We will have a backup male but he is very much a lower end animal ($400-600) compared to the male we just purchased ($5-8k). Come to think of it we will also have our C.H. Volta giants hatching so we should even have a third option for a male if we choose to.

Appreciate all the replies.