backyard tilapia fish farm august 19,2011 update

my tilapia are getting big. over 300

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[peppernickelly]

Can make another video and give us all an update. Plz, they're awesome videos

[mike73miller]

@peppernickelly im going to make another video, its really cold outside, lets see if they are still alive!

[Rocky1765]

but where do you get the starter fish?

[mike73miller]

@Rocky1765 you can buy them off ebay, or catch them, I caught about 50 in a canal near my house here in Florida.

[mechanicalbu11]

Can you start from minnows in May and have pan ready fish by September? seems like you can make some money here and feed your family, good job!

[mike73miller]

@mechanicalbu11 no, if you want a nice big fillet it takes time, a blue gill can take 3 years to get full size. tilapia can live for 10 years. for a tilapia to get to 5 lbs it needs at least 5 years and perfect feeding conditions.

[ciceromatrix]

YOU COULD HAVE YOU WATER CLEAN BY PLANTIG DUCK WEED IN ANOTHER TANK AND CIRCULANTING THE WATER

[jaymangu]

Why don't you eat them?

[Sorren11]

Want to learn more about this I have 3 tanks, 1300, 900, and 1100 gallons each. I have them setup for garden drip line. What sort off pump are you using. What are the temps of the water i want to raise 200 tilapia to eat. If you could point me in the right direction for supplies and more info THANKS

[blotto85]

Do you know how to harvest fertilizer from the pond? There's big money in organic fertilizer such as compost tea and fish poo. You can run the pond water through screen filters (can be homemade like a waterfall) and scrape the goo off into paint buckets. Not only will your tank be cleaner, you'll have some of the best plant food around! If I were you I'd find a local farmers market and sell the fresh meat and babies in plastic bags.

[k98killer]

You definitely want algae in there, supposing these are blue tilapia. The only reason to worry about too much algae is for possible dissolved oxygen issues at night (algae respire and produce CO2 at night). If algae gets out of hand, just lay off feeding them for a day or two and they should filter it out. Pretty awesome--I need to get my own system set up.

[duckomega]

I wanna look at your pond filter... can you make another video for it?

[billavara]

great idea to have the fish in one of those swimming pools. How is the pool quality holding up? and do you know what your water temps dip to at night when it gets really cold outside? I would wager that if you caught some tilapias in the canal, they may tolerate the winter waters better than you expect



[billavara]

@mike73miller Mike, what is the temp when you say really cold, and how long does it last? I want to start up a Tilapia backyard farm, just like yours, but our winters get frost at night, though summers are extremely warm, and the heating for tilapia makes me a little sceptical if tilapia is best.

[warrenlc57]

Make some hardware cloth cages to grow spinach on top and your water quality will improve immensely! The plants take up the fish effluent for fertilizer and the roots oxygenate the water. You don't know what to do with the fish? Filet and freeze!

[peppernickelly]

@mike73miller Alright cool, I've been considering trying to grow bass or pan fish but I need to do more research on on the life phases of such fish. My father and I are going to buy some land soon and I'm working on a design to get the most out of our land. Thanks!