What to feed tilapia? - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T05:16:31Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe easyiest thing to do woul…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-13:4778851:Comment:3493732012-06-13T02:18:55.477ZKolonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Kolon
The easyiest thing to do would be get a plastic crate punch some holes in it then fill the bin with newspaper ( not the shinny kind) and make sure the paper is ripped up and throw your fruit snd veggie scraps in their and add a little water or if you raise rabbits worms grow like crazy in their "POOP"
The easyiest thing to do would be get a plastic crate punch some holes in it then fill the bin with newspaper ( not the shinny kind) and make sure the paper is ripped up and throw your fruit snd veggie scraps in their and add a little water or if you raise rabbits worms grow like crazy in their "POOP" That just gave me an idea. D…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-24:4778851:Comment:2544462011-11-24T05:43:54.093ZBill Moorehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BillMoore
<p>That just gave me an idea. Dig them up and put them in my grass/leaves compost pile. Thanks.</p>
<p>That just gave me an idea. Dig them up and put them in my grass/leaves compost pile. Thanks.</p> Hi Bill,
I'm in south-central…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-24:4778851:Comment:2548232011-11-24T04:42:58.113ZHomefirehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Homefire
<p>Hi Bill,</p>
<p>I'm in south-central Indiana. My worms live in two luggage carriers; "clam shells" 3'x4' each. For winter we pack straw all around. Straw has grain in it and we feed some corn meal. They do great over winter. Though moles wiped them out one winter they came back from eggs in spring. Last winter we trapped the moles and that helped. </p>
<p>I don't know about them living in soil. Maybe if you pile on veggie waste and paper. They have to have a bacteria rich…</p>
<p>Hi Bill,</p>
<p>I'm in south-central Indiana. My worms live in two luggage carriers; "clam shells" 3'x4' each. For winter we pack straw all around. Straw has grain in it and we feed some corn meal. They do great over winter. Though moles wiped them out one winter they came back from eggs in spring. Last winter we trapped the moles and that helped. </p>
<p>I don't know about them living in soil. Maybe if you pile on veggie waste and paper. They have to have a bacteria rich media.</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A30924&page=2#4778851Comment254811"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>As it's turning cold here in Nebraska, I decided to try an experiment with my vermiculture, which has been going great guns through the summer and fall. Rather than bring them inside, I decided to remove the bottom bin that catches worm 'tea' and "plant" the rubbermaid bin that holds the worms, food and castings in my garden. There are ventilation holes around it which should allow them to migrate into the garden as it gets colder. Will be interesting to see if they survive the winter this way.</p>
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</blockquote> As it's turning cold here in…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-24:4778851:Comment:2548112011-11-24T03:07:22.857ZBill Moorehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BillMoore
<p>As it's turning cold here in Nebraska, I decided to try an experiment with my vermiculture, which has been going great guns through the summer and fall. Rather than bring them inside, I decided to remove the bottom bin that catches worm 'tea' and "plant" the rubbermaid bin that holds the worms, food and castings in my garden. There are ventilation holes around it which should allow them to migrate into the garden as it gets colder. Will be interesting to see if they survive the winter…</p>
<p>As it's turning cold here in Nebraska, I decided to try an experiment with my vermiculture, which has been going great guns through the summer and fall. Rather than bring them inside, I decided to remove the bottom bin that catches worm 'tea' and "plant" the rubbermaid bin that holds the worms, food and castings in my garden. There are ventilation holes around it which should allow them to migrate into the garden as it gets colder. Will be interesting to see if they survive the winter this way.</p> I just re-filled some old wor…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-01-06:4778851:Comment:323662011-01-06T03:05:10.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I just re-filled some old worm bins and mixing some compost material with alfalfa pellets and coffee grounds I actually managed to warm up a portion of the bin so that should help keep my worms warm through the next batch of cold weather should it come soon.</p>
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<p>But my worm bins have survived fine here in Florida even through last winter's extreme for here cold.</p>
<p>I just re-filled some old worm bins and mixing some compost material with alfalfa pellets and coffee grounds I actually managed to warm up a portion of the bin so that should help keep my worms warm through the next batch of cold weather should it come soon.</p>
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<p>But my worm bins have survived fine here in Florida even through last winter's extreme for here cold.</p> Actually we're using soil hea…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-01-06:4778851:Comment:323192011-01-06T00:26:30.000ZMolly Stanekhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MollyStanek
Actually we're using soil heating cables to make sure that doesn't happen! And even in the dead of winter we have worms actively chewing their way through our outdoor compost piles. <br></br>
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<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia#4778851Comment30985"><div>I don't know but worms can often survive even through they will really slow down in our cold. It isn't like we are letting the media freeze solid like a worm bin would…</div>
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Actually we're using soil heating cables to make sure that doesn't happen! And even in the dead of winter we have worms actively chewing their way through our outdoor compost piles. <br/>
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<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia#4778851Comment30985"><div>I don't know but worms can often survive even through they will really slow down in our cold. It isn't like we are letting the media freeze solid like a worm bin would up in Milwaukee or something.<br/> <br/>
<cite>Michelle Silva said:</cite><br/>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A30983&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment30983"><div>I wonder if the pots would insulate the worms enough with all this cold weather we are having here in Florida! I forgot to cover the vermacomposter last week..will do that today for sure.</div>
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</blockquote> Has anyone out there tried gr…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-01-05:4778851:Comment:322452011-01-05T19:28:14.000Zk edmondshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/kpdmnds
Has anyone out there tried growing and feeding bent grass to your Tilapia? I was thinking about this today since bent grass grows very quickly, likes to be trimmed on a regular basis and loves moisture. Thought maybe it would be a good fit (supplement feed) in Tilapia AP systems.
Has anyone out there tried growing and feeding bent grass to your Tilapia? I was thinking about this today since bent grass grows very quickly, likes to be trimmed on a regular basis and loves moisture. Thought maybe it would be a good fit (supplement feed) in Tilapia AP systems. Thanks TC for all the info!!…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-12-28:4778851:Comment:310702010-12-28T02:49:33.000ZMichelle Silvahttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MichelleSilva
<p>Thanks TC for all the info!! I have had my vermacomposter for a few months now and was wondering when I would be able to get all nice black castings..seems to be taking a long time. I tried putting a new tray on top, but the other still had a lot of stuff that wasn't eaten yet. I did mistakenly keep it too wet at first. There's a bucket that was underneath that I'm sure had gone anerobic, as the leachate would just sit in it without any aeration. I didn't read up a whole lot on it at…</p>
<p>Thanks TC for all the info!! I have had my vermacomposter for a few months now and was wondering when I would be able to get all nice black castings..seems to be taking a long time. I tried putting a new tray on top, but the other still had a lot of stuff that wasn't eaten yet. I did mistakenly keep it too wet at first. There's a bucket that was underneath that I'm sure had gone anerobic, as the leachate would just sit in it without any aeration. I didn't read up a whole lot on it at first.I also mistakenly thought that would be good to use dilute and use as a foliar spray! That was a mistake..anyone thinking of this, better to make a tea with the castings..or use an aerator and add molasses to the leachate. I think it created the powdery white mildew..it washes off, but couldn't think of what else could have caused that as that was the only thing I did different.</p>
<p>I have a pretty good size 2' x 2' wood stacker type (5 trays)w/ plastic square screening. It would have been easy to make, but at the time I was so busy still building my AP system that it was worth paying a friend to make it w/ the materials I had on hand.</p>
<p><br/>sorry this if this is getting too off the topic of this thread.</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia?page=1&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A31067&x=1#4778851Comment31067"><div><p>If you were to put two pounds of worms into a bin with bedding and feed and then keep feeding them until all the bedding had turned to castings and then let the bin sit till all the feed becomes castings, you will probably have a vanishing worm population because they will slowly vacate if all that is left in a regular worm bin is castings.</p>
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<p>Now if you have a tray or stacker type worm bin system when a tray is mostly full you would put a new tray on top with bedding and start adding food there and the worms would move up.</p>
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<p>In my worm bins, when a large % of what is in the bin is looking like nice castings or dirt, I'll lay a screen on top and add some feed/bedding on top to let the worms climb up or if I'm feeling impatient I'll do it sort of the other way around and lift out the old stuff with the worms, place new bedding/food in the bottom of the bin then lay a screen on top of the new stuff and put the old mostly casting vermicompost and worms on top and leave the moisture/light cover off so the worms will migrate down into the new bedding/food and I can harvest the castings without having to pick through it all to rescue my worms.</p>
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<p>If your regular worm bin looks like mostly castings, it may be time to harvest castings and put in some new bedding for them. Only real care the worms need is to make sure the bin is moist but not wet, feed them, add bedding and occasionally harvest the castings. Ya don't want the bin to get too hot or too cold but how much care that requires will depend on the size of the bin and your climate.</p>
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<p>However, I think Will might have been referring to worms in an Aquaponics system. Worms in a gravel grow bed require no special attention. Their castings automatically become worm tea and feed the plants and provided there is enough flow and aeration in the system, they can even live completely underwater (I've got some living in my sump tank even) and in a flood and drain gravel bed, they are happy campers.</p>
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<p>If you were to put two pounds of worms into a bin with bedding and feed and then keep feeding them until all the bedding had turned to castings and then let the bin sit till all the feed becomes castings, you will probably have a vanishing worm population because they will slowly vacate if all that is left in a regular worm bin is castings.</p>
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<p>Now if you have a tray or stacker type worm bin system when a tray is mostly full you would put a new tray on top with bedding and start…</p>
<p>If you were to put two pounds of worms into a bin with bedding and feed and then keep feeding them until all the bedding had turned to castings and then let the bin sit till all the feed becomes castings, you will probably have a vanishing worm population because they will slowly vacate if all that is left in a regular worm bin is castings.</p>
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<p>Now if you have a tray or stacker type worm bin system when a tray is mostly full you would put a new tray on top with bedding and start adding food there and the worms would move up.</p>
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<p>In my worm bins, when a large % of what is in the bin is looking like nice castings or dirt, I'll lay a screen on top and add some feed/bedding on top to let the worms climb up or if I'm feeling impatient I'll do it sort of the other way around and lift out the old stuff with the worms, place new bedding/food in the bottom of the bin then lay a screen on top of the new stuff and put the old mostly casting vermicompost and worms on top and leave the moisture/light cover off so the worms will migrate down into the new bedding/food and I can harvest the castings without having to pick through it all to rescue my worms.</p>
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<p>If your regular worm bin looks like mostly castings, it may be time to harvest castings and put in some new bedding for them. Only real care the worms need is to make sure the bin is moist but not wet, feed them, add bedding and occasionally harvest the castings. Ya don't want the bin to get too hot or too cold but how much care that requires will depend on the size of the bin and your climate.</p>
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<p>However, I think Will might have been referring to worms in an Aquaponics system. Worms in a gravel grow bed require no special attention. Their castings automatically become worm tea and feed the plants and provided there is enough flow and aeration in the system, they can even live completely underwater (I've got some living in my sump tank even) and in a flood and drain gravel bed, they are happy campers.</p> wow, I haven't heard that bef…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-12-28:4778851:Comment:310632010-12-28T01:27:59.000ZMichelle Silvahttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MichelleSilva
wow, I haven't heard that before, I hope not as I haven't done much with them except feed them nice organic veggies and leaves that fall into my system! Mine aren't constantly being refreshed with oxygen and water.<br></br>
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<cite>Will Sch said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A30985&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment31056"><div><p>Do the worms require any maintenance? I feel like I read somewhere…</p>
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wow, I haven't heard that before, I hope not as I haven't done much with them except feed them nice organic veggies and leaves that fall into my system! Mine aren't constantly being refreshed with oxygen and water.<br/>
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<cite>Will Sch said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/what-to-feed-tilapia?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A30985&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment31056"><div><p>Do the worms require any maintenance? I feel like I read somewhere that their castings can become toxic to them after a while and that you need to harvest them... is this only in vermaculture where the castings are not constantly being circulated around and refreshed with oxygen and water etc.? </p>
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