What commercial feeds do you use, where do you get them?
What about growing/making your own feeds?
Home made fish feed recipes.
Fish nutrition?
Are worms and/or BSF larva good fish feeds?
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I've noticed there has been much talk about trying to feed fish sustainably as well as trying to make them healthy to eat. I thought perhaps this warranted a group. Another point to keep in mind is that the fish feed in aquaponics is not simply a means to grow fish, it is also our primary means of getting proper nutrients to our plants so one can't really expect to remove fish and veggies from a system into which no external feed is added. If you will be removing fish and veggies to eat, you will have to replace the nutrients you take so you can't expect to grow all the fish feed in the system and still have much nutrient left over to provide veggie growth and fish harvest. (No perpetual motion machine.)
That said, there is much that can be recycled within an aquaponics system or if not directly, it might go through worm or bsf bins before coming back to the fish.
I'm starting a list of links here to previous discussions on feed and related things
Started by steve. Last reply by Sue Whitney Jun 18, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Would like to work on developing a Tilapia feed recipe. It would consist of several possible component categories. 1. Animal or bug Protein, fish products, BSF 2. Grains, Corn, Soy, Rice, carbs. 3.…Continue
Started by Hydroponics Curacao Dec 15, 2013. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I'm interested in starting to grow brine shrimps. I've searched the Internet a lot about these but I keep getting different information. Does someone on here know how to grow them to give me tips?…Continue
Started by Paul Trudeau. Last reply by halemart Sep 28, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Click below for an interesting report from NOAA on fish food, dated Dec. 2011:The Future…Continue
Started by Paul Trudeau. Last reply by tilly the tilapia Jun 27, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
from The Fish Site Newsletter, June 26, 2012: "Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has released the annual sustainability overview of fisheries used for fishmeal and fish oil." Read more at: …Continue
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I am using fish food from the dollar store, but now I have two kinds of fish.
1) Talipia I feed this large adult fish 1 pinch of dollar store fish food, and 1/2 cup of cut up cabbage, with occasional dried leaves from the moringa tree, and garlic, and duckweed.
2) Blue gill, have been using the bug light for the 3 adult bluegill I have caught, today got some Black Soldier fly wooo hooo! but mainly have been doing fish food from the dollar store. I have started some night crawlers in my 200 gallon IBC worm bin, so hope they multiply fast!
Fast answer - I'm using Aquamax Pond Plus 3000; bought at local feed store - 50 lbs for $30 (incl tax). It is a Purina product for Omnivores, so will feed both my Talipia and channel cats (which share a pond):
Pellet size : 3/16", extruded floating
Protein - 32%
Fat - 5%
Fiber - 5%
Now I just need to link all the feed and feed related discussion here so we can find them.
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