Making your own feed
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mosquito fish as feeders
anyone raise any feeder fish?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.…
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Brine Shrimp, Fairy Shrip
I'm wondering if anyone has tried to raise brine shrimp for fish food. I found this paper which seems to have a lot of good information.…
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thanks for the most usefull info source ive found yet :)
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.
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Is it possible to reproduce Duckweed along with Tilapia in an IBC tank? Goal - Lowering ammonia & oxygination with DuckWeed, while avoiding over feeding.
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…
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type of purslane preffered?
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?
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Duckweed Uses
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…
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Feeding Tilapia composted rice straw.
Good day!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?Can't say I understand the biology behind…
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Can Duckweed be raised in Grey Water for Fish Food?
I was just reading this booklet about using duckweed to purify greywater. (The pages jump all over the place so following the flow is a bit of a challenge.) It sounds like duckweed thrives in…
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Solar lights
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...Andy…
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Feed blended up acorns to tilapia?
Hi,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.Does anyone have any ideas? I thought about blending up some acorns, which we have an abundance. Any thought?Thanks,Josiah
