Affnan's Aquaponics - Tilapia Harvest 31st Dec 2010

[asherah5000]

You are a GOOD Daddy to make all that food available for your Family! and showing your children...So Awesome.

[Prolong1972]

Would like to know more so please reply back....to my profile Thanks

[onebigkahuna69]

WOW you must of had alot of people over for a BBQ?lol

[EGYPT20114ever]

omg



[1992pv]

beautiful. and great idea to grow veggies and fish underneath. kudos to you

[duckomega]

how many gallons is your tank and how many tilapias are kept inside? I intend to put 200 tilapias in a 250 gallon of tank and keep them inside until they're fully grown.. is that alright or will I crowd the tank? I heard 1.5lbs (approx. 0.68kg) for 1 gallon is good enough..what is your comment? please help me.

[MarinePrepper]

awesome job

[izzat10]

Nice Video. kalau ternak Monster fish mcm Red Tail Catfish, Aligator Gar atau Arapaima mesti lagi best.

[saacbe]

very nice, i wish my aquaponics system looked like yours, but no way!!! i have a 150 gallons tank, in that tank i have 60 tilapias. I have had that fishes for almost a year, but they are very small. i know I haven´t fed them like I should have. but... they really are small.

. I don´t know what to do, I was thinking in throwing them away and place new ones.. By the way how many fishes can you place in a 150 gallon tank?? I really would apreciate your answer. Thank you so much.

[dkocsis45]

@saacbe i was told by a tilapia grower that you want approximately 2 gallons per fish to not overcrowd and that you want 75 to 85 degree F water temp. and with that and proper feed, you should have your fish up to market size in 9 months.

[futureusmc100]

where did you buy the fish? this is awesome

[62rome]

that is so cool.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

Affnan, can you please explain "population control catfish technique" lol? Also what part of Malaysia you from?

[maryjane61175]

how can i have one installed at home, will the catfish survive without an aerator, how do you feed them??????? Please send me a reply

[tamilee08]

Great video. Well done. What are the dimensions of your fish tank?

[Biotechture]

We will be teaching a 2 week aquaponics course in TX. Cost is $300 per student and covers the price to build the farm. The course will cover all aspects of aquaponics and will be a build from the ground up. biotechturetraining com we are a not for profit sustainable living group. We want everyone in the world to grow their own food. Spread the word.

[MrPrototype16]

Nice harvest!

[sonicvstrex]

thumbs up if you seen the goldfish

[MrAh102]

what type of catfish was that

[TheDoveBear]

@MrAh102

He said it was a yellow tail cat

[RonAlmeida]

How does the hat help in the harvesting?

[midnull]

Amazing setup!

[striatu24k]

what's the lil'one talkin about?

[iamjust2stone]

FISH AND GAME GOING TO GET YOU FOR NOT HAVING A FISHING LICENSE

[midnull]

@iamjust2stone

Uh...he's not "fishing" out in the "wild". So uh no.

[twokathon]

@iamjust2stone ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[lifekreator]

you have a great system Affnan, well done thanks for sharing, i learned alot from your videos.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

Affnan is a champ.

[JJshaf]

Where do you get the Tilapia from?



[LibertyBooksAZ]

Gorgeous healthy fish! Wow, I'll be looking at all your vids! Thanks!

[affnan]

@LibertyBooksAZ thank you, for your comment.

[weisler808]

shey affnan, ive been watching your vids alot and it encourage me to built one but the problem im having was supplies. hard to find here for aquaponics. im trying to build it from scratch like a refrigerator for reserviour and some plastic canister for my beds. keep up the good work my friend. Aloha

[TheRebelEye]

What type of containers are those?

[smartbetta]

How many language go you speak? ... You look like you have Khmer empire blood like

[DMsLiveLife]

where can i learn all about fish farming i wanna build one so i can grow food and fish farm so i dont have to buy food anymore

[affnan]

@DMsLiveLife If you wanna learn about tilapia, there are many sites deal with this fish and quite easily search. Try google and you will be suprise at how much information you will get from the Internet.

[cubaniton74]

If you want to avoid the ammonia spike after harvesting your plants, then use a plastic barrel fill 1/2 way with Bio Media, the type that floats of suspends in the water so you will have a really nice Bio Filter when there are fewer plants in your system, the filter I am telling you about is called: Moving Bed Filter, you can use K1 media or cut plastic straws about 1" long, but buying the media will be easier if you want to 1/2 a barred of Bio Media in the barrel.

[affnan]

@cubaniton74 Thanks for the comments, I've seen plastic straw in barrel use at one of Aquaponics installation here. I just don't know how much it will contribute to reducing the ammonia in water.

[cubaniton74]

@affnan Once the bacteria inhabit the inside of the straws, the straw bits will turn a brownish color, it will take between a month and two, make sure the straws don't get any sun light, as UV light will kill the bacteria, once the bacteria has colonized the straws, your ammonia levels will always be zero or near zero, trust me, I have done it in a 55 gallon fish tank in which I have 3 big fishes & 3 smaller ones, & the ammonia is almost none. The key is to keep the straws well oxigenated.

[slibbs111]

What is your recipe for pickling them?

[stalematesibling]

i've eaten tilapia before and ive seen it in fish markets but they're colored black...why is your tilapia white? is it a different variety or species?

[affnan]

@stalematesibling tese are the red variety, same like the black ones. Just color different. Taste same.

[d1v1n3ebp]

Your fish tank, is it concrete? Did you use anything to seal it to keep the water in?

[affnan]

@d1v1n3ebp Yes its concrete, its just plastered with smooth finish that's all. No other sealing.

[bchitala]

I'm planning to start a Tilapia fish farm but need to know all the equipment I will need. Can you provide me this kind of information? I appreciate.

[affnan]

@bchitala What I hv here not exactly a fish farm. Its a tank of Tilapia within an Aquaponics setup. To get a Tilapia farm running I believe you will need more that an Aquaponics setup due to the quantity pf fish that you will be rearing.

However if its just as a small scale setup, Aquaponics can do the basics of Tilapia rearing. Its very easy to do (depend on climate) . Search around there are good info on Tilapia rearing on the internet.

[dragonworld2008]

growing power .

[iLEGENDARYx]

Where did you obtain your grow beds?

[affnan]

@iLEGENDARYx I source it from Aquarium shop over here in Malaysia.

[TheSwaziki13]

hi sir. I'm doing a research for study and i'm using tilapias as my subject. I will be growing my tilapias soon but i need to know how much you give the fingerlings in a day and how often do you feed them. i would really appreciate your help sir. thanks and more power!

[affnan]

@TheSwaziki13 Fingerling I feed twice a day, you can go 3 times if you want to make them grow fast. You feed Tilapia/fingerling aver a period of about 5 minutes, throw in feed and see whether they finish it up within 5 minutes then feed some more until there are few left over. This way you don't waste, its difficult to give exact value because they are growing.

[TheSwaziki13]

@affnan thanks sir, how about the water, do you use tap water? what about the chlorine in the water? will it harm the fish?

[iLEGENDARYx]

@TheSwaziki13 Chlorine is bad for fish but the chlorine from tap water fades with in a couple of days when cycling the water through the system.

[grandmastermicochero]

how many fish do you need to eat at your BBQ???? you feeding the whole village?? :)

[affnan]

@grandmastermicochero only about 20 or so its a small gathering, the whole village will need tons of tilapia.

[jellycloud42]

That's cool

[ubergsxr01]

thats a cool farm you got going. they make me ready to eat

[MrShadowk]

galing mo pre. plano pa lang sa akin mag-aquaponics sayo harvest na. ano ratio mo sa tilapia sa volume ng tubig. saan ka sa pinas, maybe i can visit you.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

Can you explain your "population" control Catfish? That sounds cool!

[affnan]

@enticed2zeitgeist That's simple, any catfish will eat smaller fish. So just put like 2 of them in there they will eat tilapia fry or fingerling to keep their population under control.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

@affnan So the catfish will eat any fish smaller than it?

[iLEGENDARYx]

@affnan That's great I never thought of that

[123ButterToast]

@enticed2zeitgeist The catfish eats the lil ones.

[phoenix1536853]

@enticed2zeitgeist

The catfish is the baby tilapia's boogey man. :)

[parkingcap]

hahhaha UDANG ,,UDANG..is a shrimp..nice vid man..hope i can make one of those when i got back to philippines. Its a nice a hobby.If all households in a community have one .i think there will be no food shortage..makasih

[affnan]

@parkingcap thanks for your comment, yes I guess so. If more people have one, we would not have much problem with food.

[otivaeey]

wikihow.com/Run-a-Self-Suffici­ent-Intensive-Aquarium-(Aquacu­lture) is a good article for you.

[exclamation3mark]

do you know what went wrong?

[jacksonhobbs1]

Love you videos brother!

[affnan]

@jacksonhobbs1 Thank you.

[ClAyMoReAcR]

can u eat these or what do you do with them?

[affnan]

@ClAyMoReAcR They are good to eat. Lots of local (Asian) dishes to cook it.

[ClAyMoReAcR]

@affnan thanks are they any good for fishing bait?

[sythe007]

red tilapia never tried it looks good. where do u get those blue tubs? the only ones i can find are the cheap walmart ones

[affnan]

@sythe007 These are local made tubs, not sure they export it to United States or not... price from USD25 to USD50 for the bigger ones.

[Kakashi101sensi]

Affnan, although i don't post on YouTube I also raise Tilapia and also have a difficult time of catching them until finding this video.

Symbiotic Bangladesh Tilapia Hatchery

I use a fine mesh mosquito net and I harvest them the same way with ease.

They do it to easily control the females breeding but is also a good way to harvest fish quickly. But note to harvest and transfer them quickly since they can hurt themselves, I know from experience.

[affnan]

@Kakashi101sensi yes I know what you mean, over here also they use net in the tank, only that my setup is for Aquaponics its small and I only do big harvest one a year.

[WizzleThump]

And how does the yellow tail catfish control the population?

Eats small ones or eggs?

[affnan]

@WizzleThump Those catfish eat the Tilapia eggs and fry so they will not have any young ones.

[WizzleThump]

I might have missed it, but how long did they take to grow?

[affnan]

@WizzleThump Tilapia in commercial farm estimate about 4 to 6 months, however in my setup due primarily for Aquaponics I don't feed them like the commercial farm. It took twice as long.

[dmacosta1]

good job

[affnan]

Ooops.. did I say Nitrogen spike... its Ammonia... :)

[edpozek]

Great video, with the combined food production of the fish and veggies, what % of your food is home grown?

[affnan]

@edpozek still not much since I have a very limited space, those fish are about 15 ~ 20% of what my family consume... the veggies need to increase. I wish I have more space then I can reach sustainability.

[astrialkil]

@affnan that's a lot of fish, so if you fed them more to double the growth rate you would have up to 40% of your fish "home grown" ! + vegetables! too bad you cant find some free bugs to feed your fish!

[affnan]

@astrialkil I tried not to overfeed, because Aquaponics need balance condition. Free bugs is easy to get. Just hang a "Bug Lantern" those blue zapper over the tank, at Night there will be plenty of bugs to get fried.