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Mini Fish Farm™ ~ Aquaculture
One of the largest talapia farms is actually in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin grew 1 million pounds of fish and produce in a 3 acre greenhouse in one year.Using the soil to filter the water for the fish(and provide nutrients for the plants).
http://www.secondharvestmadison.org...hallengeRaisesMoreThan900000PoundsOfFood.ashx
A Cool Link | Tag Archive | One Million Pounds Of Food Grown On Three Acres
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZPwBPAqks[/ame]
One of the largest talapia farms is actually in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin grew 1 million pounds of fish and produce in a 3 acre greenhouse in one year.Using the soil to filter the water for the fish(and provide nutrients for the plants).
http://www.secondharvestmadison.org...hallengeRaisesMoreThan900000PoundsOfFood.ashx
A Cool Link | Tag Archive | One Million Pounds Of Food Grown On Three Acres
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZPwBPAqks[/ame]
I saw a episode of Dirtiest Jobs which was about a catfish farm . The Tilapia were used as tank cleaners for the catfish . Kinda like Carp in my eyes, they may taste fine , but I just cant get past the thought of it , no Tilapia for me please.
Tilapia = POO-EATERS
But hey you cook em up right, not bad eatin. It's not like shrimp and lobster are eating butterflys and rainbows down there on the bottom. I would think your best bet for a sustainable fish in this area would be catfish.
But hey you cook em up right, not bad eatin. It's not like shrimp and lobster are eating butterflys and rainbows down there on the bottom. I would think your best bet for a sustainable fish in this area would be catfish.
The Million Pound Challenge has nothing to do with raising Tilapia fish. The University of Wisconsin RAISED a million pounds of food for the food bank by soliciting DONATIONS. Not by growing the food.
If you watch the video you posted, this greenhouse operation is not raising Tilapia, it is raising yellow perch and growing Watercress. Yellow Perch are a cold water species commonly found in places like Lake Michigan. Tilapia won't survive in water cooler than 60F.
Tilapia Farming Information
Indy_Guy_77
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There's a tilapia farm near Ladoga...or they used to be in the business.
Aqua-Manna "Innovations In Aquaculture" Main
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Aqua-Manna "Innovations In Aquaculture" Main
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One of my best friends has started an indoor tilapia farm in Goshen Indiana. He is a retired airline pilot and decided to try something different. I've attached a video that talks about their new venture.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx1DsosRUaU[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx1DsosRUaU[/ame]
I've seen a few vid's of people using those cheap pools from walmart for backyard farming. Maybe with a little mod to the filter it could handle the waste, paint the blue vinyl black for solar heat. This may be more inline for summer ops here in indiana. Harvest in the fall, keep a couple breeders in the aquarium inside over the winter then start over in the spring?
Bass grow too slow to be used in an aquaculture setting. The freshwater shrimp are called prawns. The species that is typically used is Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
There is also a farm in Benton county that raises saltwater shrimp too.
There is also a farm in Benton county that raises saltwater shrimp too.
Not very far from me, they give free tours and also offer classes. They are currently testing some tanks with Pacu as well.
Another operation close to here just went under. He had two crop failures in a row and that taxed his cash flow. Frankly I think his problem was taking on investors to grow and that killed him. Also his location was less then ideal but he had made it work for a couple of years. He converted an abandoned factory. By less than ideal, I mean for heat retention which is your biggest cost, keeping the water heated.
Another way to get some info is to arrange a tour of a DNR fishery. The guys who run the DNR tank at the State Fair every year pull those fish from the ponds at Martinsville. That location also generates all the Walleye fingerlings and the Biologist there knows his business.
I am planing a Hydropoincs set up right now, then after a year or two I may move up to aquaponics and add some fish. Indoors and/or below ground is the way to do it in cold climates. I have my eye on 2.5 acres right now that might be ideal.
Anyone in Indiana who does anything like this, should consider making contacts in Chicago to move product through. The guy who went under sold 100% of his lettuce as fast as he could grow it. There are also small space crops you can grow that are profitable as well.
