frustratedearthmother
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Welcome back Perchie. I am also a "returnee" after having forgotten that I signed up on this forum over a year ago.
Are you actually raising Tilapia right now? Tell me about that, please???? I'm doing a lot of reading re: hydroponics, and have done some research on aquaponics. Have 2 very small Kratky plants going, with materials available to get several small tubs and planters going, future goal: initiation into aquaponics with 10G tank, gold fish, and 2 - 4 s.f. bed with hydroton and red worms as part of the system.
Are you actually raising Tilapia right now? Tell me about that, please???? I'm doing a lot of reading re: hydroponics, and have done some research on aquaponics. Have 2 very small Kratky plants going, with materials available to get several small tubs and planters going, future goal: initiation into aquaponics with 10G tank, gold fish, and 2 - 4 s.f. bed with hydroton and red worms as part of the system.
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perchie.girl
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I have and thats why I liked it so much... Id still have scars if it hadnt been fort five years ago... shuddder.
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perchie.girl
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No but Tilapia may not be a good choice for Main. Tilapia come from Lake Malawai in Africa. 80 degree water is what they like... But you can raise up from fingerlings quite a few different fish...
http://www.aquaponicssystems.net/aquaponics-systems-fish/aquaponics-fish
They talk about Crappie beijng a good choice for closed systems... But they also discuss the temperature needs and feed needs.
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perchie.girl
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Yep... even the Mojave which is stark .... especially around Death Valley.
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Thanks. Yeah, I know that Tilapia would be a no-go here in Maine. The lake where I go swimming actually had a school of Crappie that hung out under the swimming float. Have never eaten one. I'd like to even set up a bath tub system to play with the technology this summer. I have the perfect location: a low retaining wall with flower bed at the top, and just the right height to put a bath tub under it for the fish, with the grow beds above.
But, I think it would be wise to start small, with a tiny system. Have already ordered my water test kit, and have plenty of experience cycling fish tanks with ammonia.
But, I think it would be wise to start small, with a tiny system. Have already ordered my water test kit, and have plenty of experience cycling fish tanks with ammonia.
frustratedearthmother
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That's cool - I'll be interested in how that goes for you.
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crappie are good eats. We occasionally we catch a crappie when we are fishing. I like them filleted and pan fried. Very delicate flavor, white flakey flesh.
I have had so much lousy tilapia I will never eat it again.
I have had so much lousy tilapia I will never eat it again.
frustratedearthmother
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I've eaten a lot of crappie in my life. Totally agree that they are really delicious!
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perchie.girl
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Oh and the larger the better on aqaua systems.... less tendancy to crash if something goes wrong.
I used to work in a big aquarium store back in the seventies Just as aquarium manufacturers came out with RTV sealed aquariums. Up till then they were glass and tar and chrome. We had an Ichtheologist working on staff and I learned a bunch from him on Aquarium keeping. We had both salt and freshwater fish at the time. Though I never saw him do a ph test or cycle a tank.
Using what I knew from him and some help from a more current set of chriteria I had a 110 gallon tank in my house here in town.... I had angle fish from quarter size that grew to about four inches across and started breeding.... Unfortunately the tank was a community tank and as soon as the eggs were layed and firtilized the Plecostomus cam up and cleaned them off the artificial leaf.
He was a senior citizen from my early days. about thirty years old and the size of a bedroom slipper....
Here I can grow tilapia... Though I will have to add supplemental heat to the system... For what its worth they taste like what they eat... So the store bought ones are farm raised... Most likely in China. Enough said.
I dont like The taste as well but I will reserve judgement for my own. Tilapia are Omnivores but in the wild the bulk of their diet is Algae and plant based materials. I plan on raising my own Duck weed for feed supplementation. plus allow algae to grow on the tanks.
For what its worth Green Algae is a sign of good water... its only detrement is it can clog filtration systems. Blue green stuff that grows like algae... in the wild is infact not an algae but a bacterial colony that uses algae in a symboitic relationship.
Blue green Algae is related to Spirulina which can be used as a food supplement for people and farm animals. Fish can eat spirulina as well. But Blue Green algae is called Cianobacteria.
A condensed quote from Wikipedia...
""
Spirulina represents a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and other animals. The two species are Arthrospira platensis and A. maxima. ""
For what its worth I am a researcher by nature.... When I find a single source of information I make sure its not the only source.... So I have read many different sources before I accept it as fact... NO place Is carte blanche for information. But the internet has Diverse points of view and allows us to access information directly.... Wether it be research think tanks or University papers on the subject.
I accept Wikipedia for alot of my information because it can be clear and consise in explanation. BUT if its a new subject for me I further resarch to confirm... So far I have only found an off kilter bit of info on occasion.
deb
I used to work in a big aquarium store back in the seventies Just as aquarium manufacturers came out with RTV sealed aquariums. Up till then they were glass and tar and chrome. We had an Ichtheologist working on staff and I learned a bunch from him on Aquarium keeping. We had both salt and freshwater fish at the time. Though I never saw him do a ph test or cycle a tank.
Using what I knew from him and some help from a more current set of chriteria I had a 110 gallon tank in my house here in town.... I had angle fish from quarter size that grew to about four inches across and started breeding.... Unfortunately the tank was a community tank and as soon as the eggs were layed and firtilized the Plecostomus cam up and cleaned them off the artificial leaf.
He was a senior citizen from my early days. about thirty years old and the size of a bedroom slipper....
Here I can grow tilapia... Though I will have to add supplemental heat to the system... For what its worth they taste like what they eat... So the store bought ones are farm raised... Most likely in China. Enough said.
I dont like The taste as well but I will reserve judgement for my own. Tilapia are Omnivores but in the wild the bulk of their diet is Algae and plant based materials. I plan on raising my own Duck weed for feed supplementation. plus allow algae to grow on the tanks.
For what its worth Green Algae is a sign of good water... its only detrement is it can clog filtration systems. Blue green stuff that grows like algae... in the wild is infact not an algae but a bacterial colony that uses algae in a symboitic relationship.
Blue green Algae is related to Spirulina which can be used as a food supplement for people and farm animals. Fish can eat spirulina as well. But Blue Green algae is called Cianobacteria.
A condensed quote from Wikipedia...
""
Spirulina represents a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and other animals. The two species are Arthrospira platensis and A. maxima. ""
For what its worth I am a researcher by nature.... When I find a single source of information I make sure its not the only source.... So I have read many different sources before I accept it as fact... NO place Is carte blanche for information. But the internet has Diverse points of view and allows us to access information directly.... Wether it be research think tanks or University papers on the subject.
I accept Wikipedia for alot of my information because it can be clear and consise in explanation. BUT if its a new subject for me I further resarch to confirm... So far I have only found an off kilter bit of info on occasion.
deb
