Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T00:15:59ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynxhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2796902373?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/group/makingyourownfeed/forum/topic/listForContributor?groupUrl=makingyourownfeed&user=1q3j7zdm9q2s4&feed=yes&xn_auth=nomosquito fish as feederstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-04-07:4778851:Topic:6023932015-04-07T21:40:50.939ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>anyone raise any feeder fish?</p>
<p>Here is an abstract to a paper that fed mosquito fish to barramundi with positive results. Ive read mosquito fish are maybe the easiest fish to breed and require very little o2.</p>
<p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02595.x/abstract">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02595.x/abstract</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>They are also fast growing here it says…</p>
<p>anyone raise any feeder fish?</p>
<p>Here is an abstract to a paper that fed mosquito fish to barramundi with positive results. Ive read mosquito fish are maybe the easiest fish to breed and require very little o2.</p>
<p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02595.x/abstract">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02595.x/abstract</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>They are also fast growing here it says <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">growth rates were more than</span> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20%</span> <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">day as juveniles</span></p>
<p><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=wats_facpub">http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=wats_facpub</a></p>
<p>Was thinking of raising them in batches as feed for Sac perch or trout. Any thoughts/ problems?</p>
<p></p> thanks for the most usefull info source ive found yet :)tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-05-31:4778851:Topic:5655522014-05-31T02:44:53.240ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>love the info and ideas from this group. already found lots of useful stuff for not only my AP but for the rest of the farm as well.</p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p>love the info and ideas from this group. already found lots of useful stuff for not only my AP but for the rest of the farm as well.</p>
<p></p>
<p></p> type of purslane preffered?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-11-28:4778851:Topic:5325152013-11-28T16:10:19.379ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>i have read several posts mentioning purslane as a supplement for chickens and fish. looking into purslane i see that there are several varieties. does anyone have a variety that they would reccommend for fish feed supplement?</p>
<p>i have read several posts mentioning purslane as a supplement for chickens and fish. looking into purslane i see that there are several varieties. does anyone have a variety that they would reccommend for fish feed supplement?</p> Feeding Tilapia composted rice straw.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-06-17:4778851:Topic:4860702013-06-17T01:19:01.698ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Good day!</p>
<p>I stumbled onto this article about using composted rice straw as a suplemental protien source I don't recall seeing this discussed anywhere on here before so interested to know if anyone has heard of it before or has tried it and with what results?</p>
<p>Can't say I understand the biology behind it but seemed pretty cool to me. …<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/113.gif"></img></a></p>
<p></p>
<p>Good day!</p>
<p>I stumbled onto this article about using composted rice straw as a suplemental protien source I don't recall seeing this discussed anywhere on here before so interested to know if anyone has heard of it before or has tried it and with what results?</p>
<p>Can't say I understand the biology behind it but seemed pretty cool to me. <a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/ucsycybersmiley/113.gif"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu/pubs/technical/16tch/8phr1.pdf">http://pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu/pubs/technical/16tch/8phr1.pdf</a></p> Can Duckweed be raised in Grey Water for Fish Food?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-11:4778851:Topic:4744042013-05-11T07:04:05.641ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I was just reading <a href="http://www.gaia-movement.org/files/Booklet%206e%20%20Wastewater%20Reuse.pdf" target="_blank">this booklet about using duckweed to purify greywater</a>. (The pages jump all over the place so following the flow is a bit of a challenge.) It sounds like duckweed thrives in that environment. As long as no toxic detergents were used, do you think it could be harvested and used as fish food? </p>
<p>I was just reading <a href="http://www.gaia-movement.org/files/Booklet%206e%20%20Wastewater%20Reuse.pdf" target="_blank">this booklet about using duckweed to purify greywater</a>. (The pages jump all over the place so following the flow is a bit of a challenge.) It sounds like duckweed thrives in that environment. As long as no toxic detergents were used, do you think it could be harvested and used as fish food? </p> Is it possible to reproduce Duckweed along with Tilapia in an IBC tank? Goal - Lowering ammonia & oxygination with DuckWeed, while avoiding over feeding.tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-12-01:4778851:Topic:4202162012-12-01T12:39:44.495ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I could not make the duckweed proliferate in my Tilapia tank. They would not give it a chance to thrive if it was placed in their tank. This made me ask myself: What would happen if I added an abundance of duckweed in my Tilapia tank?, Would they feed on it endlessly until their deaths? Would there be enough surface area in my IBC tank for the Duck Weed to thrive along with 110 Tilapia?</p>
<p>I also heard that I may need a larger surface area to enable more Duckweed growth perhaps implying…</p>
<p>I could not make the duckweed proliferate in my Tilapia tank. They would not give it a chance to thrive if it was placed in their tank. This made me ask myself: What would happen if I added an abundance of duckweed in my Tilapia tank?, Would they feed on it endlessly until their deaths? Would there be enough surface area in my IBC tank for the Duck Weed to thrive along with 110 Tilapia?</p>
<p>I also heard that I may need a larger surface area to enable more Duckweed growth perhaps implying a shallow Tilapia tank or having less Tilapia per gallon? It sounds to me that the only way to have a constant supply of Duckweed for Tilapia may be in conditions of a shaded shallow pond with a low or moderate population of Tilapia.</p>
<p>My aim is to make the Duckweed lower the ammonia and oxygenate the fish, and so far I may have achieved this to a a degree by keeping the Tilapia from reaching the Duckweed yet sharing the same water. Possible benefits are:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">It may even bring down you electricity costs because you can use smaller pumps to oxygenate and clean the water.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">It could be a passive way to keep the fish alive if you lose your electric power.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">I know Tilapia, given a choice, like to vary their diet; but I just don’t know if they would stop eating the Duckweed after a certain point. </span>My guess is that they would search for something else to feed on after they get their fill on the Duckweed; and they would not overfeed to death. But it’s just a guess I really do not know. Has anyone tried to reproduce Duckweed in a Tilapia tank that could help answer my questions?</p>
<p> </p> Feed blended up acorns to tilapia?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-10-04:4778851:Topic:3981882012-10-04T19:41:21.346ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Hi,</p>
<p></p>
<p>I'm looking for easy to come by fish food to add to there diet. Right now I'm feeding them duckweed and some fly larva.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Does anyone have any ideas? I thought about blending up some acorns, which we have an abundance. Any thought?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Josiah</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p></p>
<p>I'm looking for easy to come by fish food to add to there diet. Right now I'm feeding them duckweed and some fly larva.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Does anyone have any ideas? I thought about blending up some acorns, which we have an abundance. Any thought?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Josiah</p> Brine Shrimp, Fairy Shriptag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-09-30:4778851:Topic:3972222012-09-30T18:14:44.509ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I'm wondering if anyone has tried to raise brine shrimp for fish food. </p>
<p>I found <strong><a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/AC062E/AC062E01.htm" target="_blank">this paper </a></strong> which seems to have a lot of good information.…</p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Artemia_salina_2.jpg/220px-Artemia_salina_2.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Artemia_salina_2.jpg/220px-Artemia_salina_2.jpg"></img></a></p>
<p>I'm wondering if anyone has tried to raise brine shrimp for fish food. </p>
<p>I found <strong><a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/AC062E/AC062E01.htm" target="_blank">this paper </a></strong> which seems to have a lot of good information.</p>
<p></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Artemia_salina_2.jpg/220px-Artemia_salina_2.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Artemia_salina_2.jpg/220px-Artemia_salina_2.jpg"/></a></p>
<p></p> Duckweed Usestag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-08-08:4778851:Topic:3810922012-08-08T16:21:46.341ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Hello All. I have a large pond covered in duckweed. I have a 3" trash pump that I am going to use to pump out the duckweed onto the bank of the pond. I am going to have a mountain of this stuff. I am going to use a portion of it in compost to amend some raised beds with but I would like to do something with the remaining duckweed other than letting it compost on the side of the pond.</p>
<p>Anyone have any experience making storable feed out of duckweed? I literally will have tons of…</p>
<p>Hello All. I have a large pond covered in duckweed. I have a 3" trash pump that I am going to use to pump out the duckweed onto the bank of the pond. I am going to have a mountain of this stuff. I am going to use a portion of it in compost to amend some raised beds with but I would like to do something with the remaining duckweed other than letting it compost on the side of the pond.</p>
<p>Anyone have any experience making storable feed out of duckweed? I literally will have tons of it.</p>
<p>TIA for any suggestions.</p> Solar lightstag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-06-15:4778851:Topic:3506462012-06-15T04:27:11.118ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>I have been experimenting with solar lights to help feed the fish at night. Has anyone else been doing this? So far it seems to be working. My wife has been putting pictures of my set up on her web site. She has it all stored in the "Man Cave". I would love to hear some comments...</p>
<p>Andy</p>
<p><a href="http://www.snowypinesridge.com">www.snowypinesridge.com</a></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p>I have been experimenting with solar lights to help feed the fish at night. Has anyone else been doing this? So far it seems to be working. My wife has been putting pictures of my set up on her web site. She has it all stored in the "Man Cave". I would love to hear some comments...</p>
<p>Andy</p>
<p><a href="http://www.snowypinesridge.com">www.snowypinesridge.com</a></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>