Sourcing fish stock and feed for Puerto Rico - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T09:38:54Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/sourcing-fish-stock-and-feed-for-puerto-rico?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A538262&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHey thanks for the input. I'm…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-26:4778851:Comment:5382622013-12-26T17:44:03.743ZDon Burgetthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DonBurgett
<p>Hey thanks for the input. I'm not sure it is native or found here, 've never seen one. As far as the hoop house goes, only a frame will be used to hold some 4 ply poly plastic over the top for rain and to support netting material. I'm still quite away from starting the project and any input is great.</p>
<p>Hey thanks for the input. I'm not sure it is native or found here, 've never seen one. As far as the hoop house goes, only a frame will be used to hold some 4 ply poly plastic over the top for rain and to support netting material. I'm still quite away from starting the project and any input is great.</p> Another food source that wou…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-26:4778851:Comment:5381702013-12-26T15:52:52.893ZConversehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Converse
<p> Another food source that would be easy for you to attract and manage is black soldier fly larva. When you get your veggies growing, you can also feed the trimmings from your AP garden to your fish. From my experience in Honduras in a greenhouse, you will really need some sort of shading, either from shade cloth or other locally adapted vines growing in our on the greenhouse to filter the sun. It will get really hot in a hoop house with any solid siding. You might consider the walls…</p>
<p> Another food source that would be easy for you to attract and manage is black soldier fly larva. When you get your veggies growing, you can also feed the trimmings from your AP garden to your fish. From my experience in Honduras in a greenhouse, you will really need some sort of shading, either from shade cloth or other locally adapted vines growing in our on the greenhouse to filter the sun. It will get really hot in a hoop house with any solid siding. You might consider the walls being made from insect screening rather than anything solid (and maybe have roll-down sides of solid material to protect plants in wind storms). I wish you the best with this. Hope this is helpful</p>
<p>-Converse</p> Yeah, you could use shade clo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-26:4778851:Comment:5382542013-12-26T00:34:52.743ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Yeah, you could use shade cloth.</p>
<p>Yeah, you could use shade cloth.</p> Merry Christmas. Mutts are OK…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-25:4778851:Comment:5382452013-12-25T19:38:39.962ZDon Burgetthttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DonBurgett
<p>Merry Christmas. Mutts are OK, they're only to eat. The problem with most things I planted is the intensity of the sun. You're right they do like the heat, but I need a netting so the sun is filtered. I'll probably make a simple hoop house. There are plenty of green houses here so I can source the material they all use. I've semi retired here so I have the time and plenty of space.</p>
<p>Merry Christmas. Mutts are OK, they're only to eat. The problem with most things I planted is the intensity of the sun. You're right they do like the heat, but I need a netting so the sun is filtered. I'll probably make a simple hoop house. There are plenty of green houses here so I can source the material they all use. I've semi retired here so I have the time and plenty of space.</p> Hmm, I don't think it would b…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-25:4778851:Comment:5382392013-12-25T17:25:32.533ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Hmm, I don't think it would be the heat....tomatoes and cantaloupes love the summer. But I don't know how hot it really gets in Puerto Rico. </p>
<p>Can you do mixed breeds with tilapia? Well, that depends on what you want. If you want tilapia "mutts", then there shouldn't be any problems; however, if you were looking to raise a pure strain, then that would be an issue :) Both are fine. I'll bet tilapia's a good choice for Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>Fish are already pretty cost effective, due the…</p>
<p>Hmm, I don't think it would be the heat....tomatoes and cantaloupes love the summer. But I don't know how hot it really gets in Puerto Rico. </p>
<p>Can you do mixed breeds with tilapia? Well, that depends on what you want. If you want tilapia "mutts", then there shouldn't be any problems; however, if you were looking to raise a pure strain, then that would be an issue :) Both are fine. I'll bet tilapia's a good choice for Puerto Rico.</p>
<p>Fish are already pretty cost effective, due the fact that they are cold blooded (they don't expend calories creating body heat) and suspended in fluid (they don't burn as many calories moving). So you've already got a head start over, say, a cow. Yeah, depending on how you set things up, you can supplement your feed with duckweed and redworms.</p>