Southern Cal looking for fish - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T01:46:20Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/southern-cal-looking-for-fish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A588977&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCrawdads in the sump also hel…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-12-06:4778851:Comment:5889772014-12-06T04:23:58.609ZJeffrey Iharahttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeffreyIhara
<p>Crawdads in the sump also help keep things clean in there, and like the bullheads they are easy to collect and free. Plus there's the entertainment of watching them fight over little specks of food--when there's plenty for every one to have its own share.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Mike said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/southern-cal-looking-for-fish#4778851Comment589051"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just an idea for you, but I added some…</p>
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<p>Crawdads in the sump also help keep things clean in there, and like the bullheads they are easy to collect and free. Plus there's the entertainment of watching them fight over little specks of food--when there's plenty for every one to have its own share.<br/> <br/> <cite>Mike said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/southern-cal-looking-for-fish#4778851Comment589051"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just an idea for you, but I added some crawdads to my sumps to have a little diversity for harvesting time along with fish. My sumps are only 26" tall. and have air stones in them too. they seem to be happy as only one have climbed out due to being alone in there.</p>
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</blockquote> Just an idea for you, but I a…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-12-06:4778851:Comment:5890512014-12-06T00:49:41.858ZMikeHhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Mike82
<p>Just an idea for you, but I added some crawdads to my sumps to have a little diversity for harvesting time along with fish. My sumps are only 26" tall. and have air stones in them too. they seem to be happy as only one have climbed out due to being alone in there.</p>
<p>Just an idea for you, but I added some crawdads to my sumps to have a little diversity for harvesting time along with fish. My sumps are only 26" tall. and have air stones in them too. they seem to be happy as only one have climbed out due to being alone in there.</p> thanks jeffrey......I like t…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-12-01:4778851:Comment:5883192014-12-01T15:43:16.325ZLaurie Robertshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LaurieRoberts
<p> thanks jeffrey......I like that idea<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jeffrey Ihara said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/southern-cal-looking-for-fish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A588189&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment588189"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I have had pretty good success with bullhead catfish. They are hard to kill, tolerant of both cold and low O2, and easy to collect from local ponds and lakes. I caught mine out of a…</p>
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<p> thanks jeffrey......I like that idea<br/> <br/> <cite>Jeffrey Ihara said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/southern-cal-looking-for-fish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A588189&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment588189"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I have had pretty good success with bullhead catfish. They are hard to kill, tolerant of both cold and low O2, and easy to collect from local ponds and lakes. I caught mine out of a small park lake in Oceanside--some worms and a barbless hook and I had a bucketful in less than half an hour. For free. I started with 17 5" bullies in a 275 gallon IBC tote in June 2013. They were harvestable size in 2014 (and delicious)--but as they reached maturity they also became aggressive and started to chew on the weakest fish. They are down to six fish now, but my system is small, and they would have needed thinning anyway. I'll probably start over with little cats next spring.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">I would not recommend using the supplier out in Alpine. I am absolutely sure that channel cats I bought from them infected my system with ich. </span></p>
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</blockquote> I have had pretty good succes…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-12-01:4778851:Comment:5881892014-12-01T05:00:40.934ZJeffrey Iharahttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeffreyIhara
<p>I have had pretty good success with bullhead catfish. They are hard to kill, tolerant of both cold and low O2, and easy to collect from local ponds and lakes. I caught mine out of a small park lake in Oceanside--some worms and a barbless hook and I had a bucketful in less than half an hour. For free. I started with 17 5" bullies in a 275 gallon IBC tote in June 2013. They were harvestable size in 2014 (and delicious)--but as they reached maturity they also became aggressive and started to…</p>
<p>I have had pretty good success with bullhead catfish. They are hard to kill, tolerant of both cold and low O2, and easy to collect from local ponds and lakes. I caught mine out of a small park lake in Oceanside--some worms and a barbless hook and I had a bucketful in less than half an hour. For free. I started with 17 5" bullies in a 275 gallon IBC tote in June 2013. They were harvestable size in 2014 (and delicious)--but as they reached maturity they also became aggressive and started to chew on the weakest fish. They are down to six fish now, but my system is small, and they would have needed thinning anyway. I'll probably start over with little cats next spring.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">I would not recommend using the supplier out in Alpine. I am absolutely sure that channel cats I bought from them infected my system with ich. </span></p>
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