2011 Catfish group order - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T07:55:05Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/2011-catfish-group-order?groupUrl=tclynx&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A165139&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A12457&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOk, I never heard back from a…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-28:4778851:Comment:1651392011-07-28T16:05:56.353ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Ok, I never heard back from anyone else. We got the catfish this morning and I've set some aside for Ron. I didn't get many extra so if you still want some you better be the first one to contact me.</p>
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<p>Currently Florida Fish Farms has small channel Catfish fingerlings on the small side of the 3-5" range. I think their minimum order is like $30 and you have to call and call again till you actually get a hold of them 352-793-4224 (they rarely respond to messages on the…</p>
<p>Ok, I never heard back from anyone else. We got the catfish this morning and I've set some aside for Ron. I didn't get many extra so if you still want some you better be the first one to contact me.</p>
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<p>Currently Florida Fish Farms has small channel Catfish fingerlings on the small side of the 3-5" range. I think their minimum order is like $30 and you have to call and call again till you actually get a hold of them 352-793-4224 (they rarely respond to messages on the answering machine and I've never gotten a reply to any e-mails.)</p> Anybody? I'll need to hear b…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-08:4778851:Comment:1481392011-07-08T02:17:51.641ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Anybody? I'll need to hear back from people again before I order extra fish for you. Right now Ron is the only one who has confirmed he wants some Catfish when I put in the order.
Anybody? I'll need to hear back from people again before I order extra fish for you. Right now Ron is the only one who has confirmed he wants some Catfish when I put in the order. Anybody still wanting to orde…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-07-04:4778851:Comment:1443712011-07-04T02:09:53.069ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Anybody still wanting to order please re-confirm with me.</p>
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<p>Anybody still wanting to order please re-confirm with me.</p>
<p> </p> Ok, Catfish group order. Will…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-06-28:4778851:Comment:1408802011-06-28T19:34:06.362ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Ok, Catfish group order. Will be calling the fish farm to see what they have available. Finally I've had a stretch of time without any fish kills or disease presenting so looking to re-stock catfish again.</p>
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<p>So, who is still up for some Catfish. Ron has sent me an e-mail and I have a tank/system for quarantine so it's time.</p>
<p>$1 per fish is what I figure lately for bluegill or small catfish, we have to schedule pickup times when I can be home for catching fish and you need…</p>
<p>Ok, Catfish group order. Will be calling the fish farm to see what they have available. Finally I've had a stretch of time without any fish kills or disease presenting so looking to re-stock catfish again.</p>
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<p>So, who is still up for some Catfish. Ron has sent me an e-mail and I have a tank/system for quarantine so it's time.</p>
<p>$1 per fish is what I figure lately for bluegill or small catfish, we have to schedule pickup times when I can be home for catching fish and you need a container and aerator for the transport of the fish home with you as I don't have oxygen or the stuff for bagging the fish.</p>
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<p>Called the fish farm and it will be a couple weeks before they have fingerlings so let me know ASAP if you are in for the order and for how many so I know how many to get.</p> Will have to see about gettin…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-05-07:4778851:Comment:1070012011-05-07T02:41:08.737ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Will have to see about getting some Catfish here soon.
Will have to see about getting some Catfish here soon. Prefer the catfish! I can ca…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-05-07:4778851:Comment:1069062011-05-07T02:15:01.206ZIzzyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/aquaponics
Prefer the catfish! I can catch bluegill fingerlings and small adults by the hundreds for free at my local park...
Prefer the catfish! I can catch bluegill fingerlings and small adults by the hundreds for free at my local park... So, no catfish yet but who is…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-05-06:4778851:Comment:1066012011-05-06T19:51:44.399ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>So, no catfish yet but who is interested in some Bluegill?</p>
<p>I can do small orders of bluegill. I think I'm just going to do a standard price for tiny fish small orders of $1 a piece.</p>
<p>Be sure to bring a container, cooler or bin and a battery powered aerator to get them home. I don't have the facilities to bag with oxygen.</p>
<p>I do have the aloe though so we can mix up home made stress coat and salt mixture to help ease the ride.</p>
<p>So, no catfish yet but who is interested in some Bluegill?</p>
<p>I can do small orders of bluegill. I think I'm just going to do a standard price for tiny fish small orders of $1 a piece.</p>
<p>Be sure to bring a container, cooler or bin and a battery powered aerator to get them home. I don't have the facilities to bag with oxygen.</p>
<p>I do have the aloe though so we can mix up home made stress coat and salt mixture to help ease the ride.</p> Ok, update about the 300 gall…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-03-06:4778851:Comment:575222011-03-06T17:09:27.430ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Ok, update about the 300 gallon system.</p>
<p>Tank got cleaned. Major water change done.</p>
<p>Ammonia added to check the bio-filter. Was dosed to 1 ppm one evening and the next evening the ammonia and nirite back to 0. So still cycled.</p>
<p>Re filled. And 5 catfish from other system added to the tank as test pilots. Won't feed them tonight while they settle in from the move. I've got just a net cover over the tank at the moment but will have to do something to give them a little…</p>
<p>Ok, update about the 300 gallon system.</p>
<p>Tank got cleaned. Major water change done.</p>
<p>Ammonia added to check the bio-filter. Was dosed to 1 ppm one evening and the next evening the ammonia and nirite back to 0. So still cycled.</p>
<p>Re filled. And 5 catfish from other system added to the tank as test pilots. Won't feed them tonight while they settle in from the move. I've got just a net cover over the tank at the moment but will have to do something to give them a little more shade.</p>
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<p>Will see how things go. I may move some more fish over.</p>
<p>Anyway, perhaps in the end of the month I'll be able to decide if I can do the group order soon or not.</p> Ok, got a confession. The 30…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-03-04:4778851:Comment:564102011-03-04T18:30:05.600ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Ok, got a confession. The 300 gallon system is sick. Fish dieing and don't know why. Seeing as all the fish that went into that system came from my big system and those fish are healthy it isn't some sort of scary illness or parasite that came in with the fish but so far the fish in the 300 gallon tank are not surviving.</p>
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<p>Before I can really hold a group order for everyone, I really need a place to put them where they will survive. So I'm gonna have to postpone a group…</p>
<p>Ok, got a confession. The 300 gallon system is sick. Fish dieing and don't know why. Seeing as all the fish that went into that system came from my big system and those fish are healthy it isn't some sort of scary illness or parasite that came in with the fish but so far the fish in the 300 gallon tank are not surviving.</p>
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<p>Before I can really hold a group order for everyone, I really need a place to put them where they will survive. So I'm gonna have to postpone a group order for the time being.</p>
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<p>Now if a few of you can get together for a trip to Florida Fish Farms, you can probably get a good price by teaming up to cover the minimum order so you are not stuck paying for 100 fish when you can really only handle 30.</p>
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<p>I'm gonna go out and see if I can figure out what is causing the problem in my system. At the moment my best guess is the material I used to cover the tank is dripping something into the water that is irritating the catfish to the point of weakened immune systems and finally death. (Not uncommon for catfish-avoid cheap intex pools as fish tanks for catfish.)</p>
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<p>(strange thing is the same type of material hasn't caused me any troubles over the big system tank but that system has twice as much water for the same amount of cover.)</p> You can grow catfish from fin…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-02-16:4778851:Comment:455372011-02-16T04:22:43.374ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>You can grow catfish from fingerling to a few pounds in a year down here in our climate.</p>
<p>If the koi and tialpia are already a few inches they will probably be ok with some fingerling catfish. I know my well fed large catfish couldn't be bothered to try and eat my small tilapia that escaped the cage.</p>
<p>Again I recommend rather large tanks to grow out catfish.</p>
<p>You can grow catfish from fingerling to a few pounds in a year down here in our climate.</p>
<p>If the koi and tialpia are already a few inches they will probably be ok with some fingerling catfish. I know my well fed large catfish couldn't be bothered to try and eat my small tilapia that escaped the cage.</p>
<p>Again I recommend rather large tanks to grow out catfish.</p>