Tilapia VS Catfish - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T08:51:52Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A346214&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAquaponics involves the growt…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2018-07-28:4778851:Comment:6534682018-07-28T05:22:36.626ZDale Parkerhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DaleParker
<p><br></br>Aquaponics involves the growth of plants and fish together in an integrated system. <a href="https://www.howtoaquaponic.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Catfish Aquaponics</a> can be used with catfish and it is well for tank. In an aquaponic, the fish waste uses as a source of food for the plants growth and plants provide natural nutrients for the water where fish live in. The fish waste converts into nitrites and solid waste converted into vermicompost that becomes the plant…</p>
<p><br/>Aquaponics involves the growth of plants and fish together in an integrated system. <a href="https://www.howtoaquaponic.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catfish Aquaponics</a> can be used with catfish and it is well for tank. In an aquaponic, the fish waste uses as a source of food for the plants growth and plants provide natural nutrients for the water where fish live in. The fish waste converts into nitrites and solid waste converted into vermicompost that becomes the plant food.</p> Aquaponics involves the growt…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2018-07-28:4778851:Comment:6533402018-07-28T05:20:28.397ZDale Parkerhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/DaleParker
<p><br></br>Aquaponics involves the growth of plants and fish together in an integrated system. <a href="https://www.howtoaquaponic.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Catfish Aquaponics</a> can be used with catfish and it is well for tank. In an aquaponic, the fish waste uses as a source of food for the plants growth and plants provide natural nutrients for the water where fish live in. The fish waste converts into nitrites and solid waste converted into vermicompost that becomes the plant…</p>
<p><br/>Aquaponics involves the growth of plants and fish together in an integrated system. <a href="https://www.howtoaquaponic.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catfish Aquaponics</a> can be used with catfish and it is well for tank. In an aquaponic, the fish waste uses as a source of food for the plants growth and plants provide natural nutrients for the water where fish live in. The fish waste converts into nitrites and solid waste converted into vermicompost that becomes the plant food.</p> Hi Bradly. I run a small ind…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-19:4778851:Comment:3525592012-06-19T19:07:42.744ZStephanie Grimhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/StephanieGrim
<p>Hi Bradly. I run a small indoor system during the winter which is more for fun than actual production. It also helps me for starting my outdoor system in Spring because of my existing bacteria rich media I am able to transfer from the indoor system to the outdoor one.</p>
<p>Hi Bradly. I run a small indoor system during the winter which is more for fun than actual production. It also helps me for starting my outdoor system in Spring because of my existing bacteria rich media I am able to transfer from the indoor system to the outdoor one.</p> That's good to know Stephanie…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-08:4778851:Comment:3475662012-06-08T19:14:59.440ZBradlyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Bradly
<p>That's good to know Stephanie...thanks.</p>
<p>I also have to harvest at end of the fall season...so I'l likely have to start them in aquarium inside, then about Apil 1st -move them outside to the real fish tank to grow until season ends.</p>
<p>I'll have to restart my system everyyear but probably a lot of people have to do the same. Cost of another greenhouse and heating it thru winter is to prohibitive. <br></br><br></br><cite>Stephanie Grim said:…</cite></p>
<p>That's good to know Stephanie...thanks.</p>
<p>I also have to harvest at end of the fall season...so I'l likely have to start them in aquarium inside, then about Apil 1st -move them outside to the real fish tank to grow until season ends.</p>
<p>I'll have to restart my system everyyear but probably a lot of people have to do the same. Cost of another greenhouse and heating it thru winter is to prohibitive. <br/><br/><cite>Stephanie Grim said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A347554&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment347554"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I have raised both for several years. I prefer tilapia just because they grow fast enough to harvest in a single growing season. They do pretty well grown together too as long as the tilapia do not start out too small in the tank. Catfish will eat other fish so you have to be carefull at first.</p>
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<p>I have raised both for several years. I prefer tilapia just because they grow fast enough to harvest in a single growing season. They do pretty well grown together too as long as the tilapia do not start out too small in the tank. Catfish will eat other fish so you have to be carefull at first.</p>
<p>I have raised both for several years. I prefer tilapia just because they grow fast enough to harvest in a single growing season. They do pretty well grown together too as long as the tilapia do not start out too small in the tank. Catfish will eat other fish so you have to be carefull at first.</p> Thanks RW.... I think I'm se…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-07:4778851:Comment:3471572012-06-07T18:47:03.774ZBradlyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Bradly
<p>Thanks RW.... I think I'm settling on the Tilapia in my mind. 300 Gal fish tank, 30 or so Tilapia, and 3 grow beds. Maybe catfish when I'm more experienced.</p>
<p>(I'll probably buy 40 little 1/2"-1" long fish as that's about all the bigger they're advertised around here...then I'll figure I'll accidently kill 10 of them maybe...so 30 will maybe survive.)</p>
<p>Thanks RW<br></br><br></br><cite>RW said:…</cite></p>
<p>Thanks RW.... I think I'm settling on the Tilapia in my mind. 300 Gal fish tank, 30 or so Tilapia, and 3 grow beds. Maybe catfish when I'm more experienced.</p>
<p>(I'll probably buy 40 little 1/2"-1" long fish as that's about all the bigger they're advertised around here...then I'll figure I'll accidently kill 10 of them maybe...so 30 will maybe survive.)</p>
<p>Thanks RW<br/><br/><cite>RW said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A346991&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment346991"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>My 300 gallon outdoor stock tank is buried about 15 inches. I started with a dozen catfish fingerlings. After about 6 months, i harvested half of them at about a pound. The other 6 made it to 2 pounds average after a year. I also had about 6 hybrid bluegill that seemed to hardly grow at all.</p>
<p>Now i have 27 tilapia. I don't have a lot of grow bed (3 x 50 gallon grow beds for the 300 gallon stock tank) so prefer to not have too many fish. I plan on doubling the grow beds probably in the Fall this year.</p>
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<p>Great info RW...thanks for sharing this with me ! It helps a lot.</p>
<p>Is the stock tank insulated some ?? It looks pretty thick in some pictures I've seen. </p>
<p>About how many catfish did you grow in the 300 gal stock tank? Same question for the TIlapia?</p>
<p>I have all the rule of thumb info...but I like to hear real experiences also to double confirm my planning :-)</p>
<p><br/><cite>RW said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A346689&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment346689"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I've done channel catfish in my garage with success. Water got up to 88 degrees in the heat of the summer. No problems with the catfish at all. I do have added aeration. I got fingerlings in May of last year, and just harvested this May. They grew to about 2 pounds on average. Most of the growth was in the summer. They really slowed down on eating in the winter when water got to about 60 degrees.</p>
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<p>I got tilapia about 2 and a half months ago and kept them in one of my garage systems with a heater. They're growing really fast and are now in their summer home (300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank) outside. My plan at the moment is to switch from tilapia in the summer to catfish in the winter.</p>
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</blockquote> My 300 gallon outdoor stock t…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-07:4778851:Comment:3469912012-06-07T03:43:44.818ZRWhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RW
<p>My 300 gallon outdoor stock tank is buried about 15 inches. I started with a dozen catfish fingerlings. After about 6 months, i harvested half of them at about a pound. The other 6 made it to 2 pounds average after a year. I also had about 6 hybrid bluegill that seemed to hardly grow at all.</p>
<p>Now i have 27 tilapia. I don't have a lot of grow bed (3 x 50 gallon grow beds for the 300 gallon stock tank) so prefer to not have too many fish. I plan on doubling the grow beds probably in the…</p>
<p>My 300 gallon outdoor stock tank is buried about 15 inches. I started with a dozen catfish fingerlings. After about 6 months, i harvested half of them at about a pound. The other 6 made it to 2 pounds average after a year. I also had about 6 hybrid bluegill that seemed to hardly grow at all.</p>
<p>Now i have 27 tilapia. I don't have a lot of grow bed (3 x 50 gallon grow beds for the 300 gallon stock tank) so prefer to not have too many fish. I plan on doubling the grow beds probably in the Fall this year.</p>
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<p>Great info RW...thanks for sharing this with me ! It helps a lot.</p>
<p>Is the stock tank insulated some ?? It looks pretty thick in some pictures I've seen. </p>
<p>About how many catfish did you grow in the 300 gal stock tank? Same question for the TIlapia?</p>
<p>I have all the rule of thumb info...but I like to hear real experiences also to double confirm my planning :-)</p>
<p><br/><cite>RW said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A346689&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment346689"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I've done channel catfish in my garage with success. Water got up to 88 degrees in the heat of the summer. No problems with the catfish at all. I do have added aeration. I got fingerlings in May of last year, and just harvested this May. They grew to about 2 pounds on average. Most of the growth was in the summer. They really slowed down on eating in the winter when water got to about 60 degrees.</p>
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<p>I got tilapia about 2 and a half months ago and kept them in one of my garage systems with a heater. They're growing really fast and are now in their summer home (300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank) outside. My plan at the moment is to switch from tilapia in the summer to catfish in the winter.</p>
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</blockquote> I think that's wise. I calcu…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-06:4778851:Comment:3467672012-06-06T15:29:27.291ZBradlyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Bradly
<p>I think that's wise. I calculate the (3) 4'x4'x1' grow beds at about 300 gallons is all maximum. So I'll plan on gearing down on the fish quantity planning. Thanks TC.</p>
<p>Bradly<br></br><br></br><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A346858&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment346858"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>For a first year with a system with channel catfish, I would…</p>
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<p>I think that's wise. I calculate the (3) 4'x4'x1' grow beds at about 300 gallons is all maximum. So I'll plan on gearing down on the fish quantity planning. Thanks TC.</p>
<p>Bradly<br/><br/><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A346858&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment346858"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>For a first year with a system with channel catfish, I would probably only recommend about 30 catfish in a 300 gallon tank and that is only if you have about 600 gallons of media filled grow bed to go with it. (If you have to ask how many fish, you are not prepared to handle the MAX.)</p>
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<p>In my big system I like to stock about 70 channel catfish in the 700 gallons fish tank for grow out and that system had about 1400 gallons of gravel bed.</p>
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<p>For a first year with a system with channel catfish, I would probably only recommend about 30 catfish in a 300 gallon tank and that is only if you have about 600 gallons of media filled grow bed to go with it. (If you have to ask how many fish, you are not prepared to handle the MAX.)</p>
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<p>In my big system I like to stock about 70 channel catfish in the 700 gallons fish tank for grow out and that system had about 1400 gallons of gravel bed.</p>
<p>For a first year with a system with channel catfish, I would probably only recommend about 30 catfish in a 300 gallon tank and that is only if you have about 600 gallons of media filled grow bed to go with it. (If you have to ask how many fish, you are not prepared to handle the MAX.)</p>
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<p>In my big system I like to stock about 70 channel catfish in the 700 gallons fish tank for grow out and that system had about 1400 gallons of gravel bed.</p> Great info RW...thanks for s…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-06:4778851:Comment:3468392012-06-06T03:14:34.531ZBradlyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Bradly
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<p>Great info RW...thanks for sharing this with me ! It helps a lot.</p>
<p>Is the stock tank insulated some ?? It looks pretty thick in some pictures I've seen. </p>
<p>About how many catfish did you grow in the 300 gal stock tank? Same question for the TIlapia?</p>
<p>I have all the rule of thumb info...but I like to hear real experiences also to double confirm my planning :-)</p>
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<p>Great info RW...thanks for sharing this with me ! It helps a lot.</p>
<p>Is the stock tank insulated some ?? It looks pretty thick in some pictures I've seen. </p>
<p>About how many catfish did you grow in the 300 gal stock tank? Same question for the TIlapia?</p>
<p>I have all the rule of thumb info...but I like to hear real experiences also to double confirm my planning :-)</p>
<p><br/><cite>RW said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/tilapia-vs-catfish?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A346689&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment346689"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I've done channel catfish in my garage with success. Water got up to 88 degrees in the heat of the summer. No problems with the catfish at all. I do have added aeration. I got fingerlings in May of last year, and just harvested this May. They grew to about 2 pounds on average. Most of the growth was in the summer. They really slowed down on eating in the winter when water got to about 60 degrees.</p>
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<p>I got tilapia about 2 and a half months ago and kept them in one of my garage systems with a heater. They're growing really fast and are now in their summer home (300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank) outside. My plan at the moment is to switch from tilapia in the summer to catfish in the winter.</p>
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