Feeding your fish maggots. - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T08:38:46Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/feeding-your-fish-maggots?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A532112&feed=yes&xn_auth=nogot a worm farm in process us…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5319512013-11-26T14:50:23.260ZPhilhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Phil939
<p>got a worm farm in process using nested bins. same process. bottom bin with newspaper, food scraps and worms. then put top bin, with holes in the bottom in the first one. with the same</p>
<p>worms eat the stuff in the bottom then crawl up top and the castings fall through the holes. great stuff for fertilizer.. I have a variety of fertilizers..horse, chicken, worms and rabbit poop...all composted separately then mixed with the general compost. as I plant.</p>
<p>got a worm farm in process using nested bins. same process. bottom bin with newspaper, food scraps and worms. then put top bin, with holes in the bottom in the first one. with the same</p>
<p>worms eat the stuff in the bottom then crawl up top and the castings fall through the holes. great stuff for fertilizer.. I have a variety of fertilizers..horse, chicken, worms and rabbit poop...all composted separately then mixed with the general compost. as I plant.</p> Will try the chicken pot pie.…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5318562013-11-26T14:43:58.267ZPhilhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Phil939
<p>Will try the chicken pot pie. We did render the lard from the hog and made some awesome cinnamon rolls. Had another though..I'm raising rabbits..I wonder, since maggots only eat dead meat if laying the skins out in such an arrangement would help clean them off? Haven't looked in preserving the hides yet but might be a good way to put the buggers to work before I feed em to the fish.</p>
<p>I'll update you on how this all works once I get it set up.</p>
<p>Will try the chicken pot pie. We did render the lard from the hog and made some awesome cinnamon rolls. Had another though..I'm raising rabbits..I wonder, since maggots only eat dead meat if laying the skins out in such an arrangement would help clean them off? Haven't looked in preserving the hides yet but might be a good way to put the buggers to work before I feed em to the fish.</p>
<p>I'll update you on how this all works once I get it set up.</p> Cool. I'm interested in findi…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5318472013-11-26T05:32:02.794ZChris Dukehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisDuke
<p>Cool. I'm interested in finding out how many a small chunk of meat will produce. The old dumpster out back had hundreds of them falling out and inching across the driveway.My neighbors must be very wasteful with their meat haha. That's always been a pet peeve with me. Even the chub gets eaten around here by the cats. Even all the pork and chicken fat gets rendered and canned for future use. Ever make a chicken pot pie crust using real rendered chicken fat instead of lard or shortening? Man,…</p>
<p>Cool. I'm interested in finding out how many a small chunk of meat will produce. The old dumpster out back had hundreds of them falling out and inching across the driveway.My neighbors must be very wasteful with their meat haha. That's always been a pet peeve with me. Even the chub gets eaten around here by the cats. Even all the pork and chicken fat gets rendered and canned for future use. Ever make a chicken pot pie crust using real rendered chicken fat instead of lard or shortening? Man, it's the best! More chicken flavor per inch.<br/> <br/> <cite>Phil said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/feeding-your-fish-maggots?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A532114&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment532114"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>my thought was to perhaps flip the bucket over and use some not too fine mesh...maybe 1/4 - 1/2" square...big enough for flies to get in and the maggots to fall through but not the meat or straw.</p>
<p>As far as ventilation, that snake I left in the sun was in a tightly sealed, clean 5 gallon bucket and it was covered in maggots in a matter of days..not sure how they got there..but they don't seem to need much of a hole to get in...nor did they much care that there was no ventilation.. so I'm guessing one way is a good as another.</p>
<p>I'll set it up tomorrow or wednesday and report back on how it works..hopefully with some pictures, by next week.</p>
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</blockquote> You also may want to search y…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5319282013-11-26T05:14:30.108ZChris Dukehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisDuke
<p>You also may want to search youtube for "How To Grow Worms, Meal worms, and Crickets, for other fish supplements. The worms could be grown outdoors in a bin, the meal worms could be grown in the garage, and crickets I would want to keep outside in a shed.</p>
<p>Also good for your chickens.</p>
<p>You also may want to search youtube for "How To Grow Worms, Meal worms, and Crickets, for other fish supplements. The worms could be grown outdoors in a bin, the meal worms could be grown in the garage, and crickets I would want to keep outside in a shed.</p>
<p>Also good for your chickens.</p> my thought was to perhaps fli…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5321142013-11-26T05:04:29.537ZPhilhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Phil939
<p>my thought was to perhaps flip the bucket over and use some not too fine mesh...maybe 1/4 - 1/2" square...big enough for flies to get in and the maggots to fall through but not the meat or straw.</p>
<p>As far as ventilation, that snake I left in the sun was in a tightly sealed, clean 5 gallon bucket and it was covered in maggots in a matter of days..not sure how they got there..but they don't seem to need much of a hole to get in...nor did they much care that there was no ventilation.. so…</p>
<p>my thought was to perhaps flip the bucket over and use some not too fine mesh...maybe 1/4 - 1/2" square...big enough for flies to get in and the maggots to fall through but not the meat or straw.</p>
<p>As far as ventilation, that snake I left in the sun was in a tightly sealed, clean 5 gallon bucket and it was covered in maggots in a matter of days..not sure how they got there..but they don't seem to need much of a hole to get in...nor did they much care that there was no ventilation.. so I'm guessing one way is a good as another.</p>
<p>I'll set it up tomorrow or wednesday and report back on how it works..hopefully with some pictures, by next week.</p> I would just experiment with…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5320252013-11-26T04:51:40.541ZChris Dukehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisDuke
<p>I would just experiment with the hole drilling. I saw one guy drill them all over the bucket (for ventilation). May as well bring out the shotgun and have some fun with some 000 Buck haha. Another guy (who had the attitude that his way was the only way to do it) insisted on only putting them in the lid and on the bottom.</p>
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<p>I would just experiment with the hole drilling. I saw one guy drill them all over the bucket (for ventilation). May as well bring out the shotgun and have some fun with some 000 Buck haha. Another guy (who had the attitude that his way was the only way to do it) insisted on only putting them in the lid and on the bottom.</p>
<p></p> I think they just drilled 3/8…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5319272013-11-26T04:48:27.598ZChris Dukehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisDuke
<p>I think they just drilled 3/8" holes.</p>
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<p>I think they just drilled 3/8" holes.</p>
<p></p> Good point. but there was lot…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5319262013-11-26T04:29:06.387ZPhilhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Phil939
<p>Good point. but there was lots of sinew and other stuff from the hog that would have been usable. For now I just found some suspect roast beef in the fridge...or is it just my enthusiasm for this idea that has it looking a bit gray? ;)</p>
<p>Did they show how big the holes needed to be?</p>
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<p>Good point. but there was lots of sinew and other stuff from the hog that would have been usable. For now I just found some suspect roast beef in the fridge...or is it just my enthusiasm for this idea that has it looking a bit gray? ;)</p>
<p>Did they show how big the holes needed to be?</p>
<p></p> The guts would probably liqui…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5321122013-11-26T04:04:43.105ZChris Dukehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/ChrisDuke
<p>The guts would probably liquify and drip into your collection bucket. On one of the video's I think someone said to only use muscle meat to prevent this from happening.</p>
<p>The guts would probably liquify and drip into your collection bucket. On one of the video's I think someone said to only use muscle meat to prevent this from happening.</p> hmmm...good point. since the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-26:4778851:Comment:5319252013-11-26T03:50:18.822ZPhilhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Phil939
<p>hmmm...good point. since the run is out in the garden the FT is in the greenhouse I was going to have 2 bucket..with collectors on both and then just grab one when I feed the chickens and swap the collectors...</p>
<p>Wish I'd known about this when we tossed the offal from the hog we slaughtered last week. Fed the coyotes..could have frozen it for this and had plenty. Oh well..I'll use the waste next time I butcher a chicken...</p>
<p>Killed a snake in the henhouse last summer and had it…</p>
<p>hmmm...good point. since the run is out in the garden the FT is in the greenhouse I was going to have 2 bucket..with collectors on both and then just grab one when I feed the chickens and swap the collectors...</p>
<p>Wish I'd known about this when we tossed the offal from the hog we slaughtered last week. Fed the coyotes..could have frozen it for this and had plenty. Oh well..I'll use the waste next time I butcher a chicken...</p>
<p>Killed a snake in the henhouse last summer and had it in a bucket in the sun ...just didn't get around to tossing it and left it in the driveway. By the time I dumped it it was infested..and also reeking so bad I had to throw out the bucket...lol. </p>