small scale fish farming is somthing im experimenting with this season, any experience would be greatly appriciated.
Hey Mr. C, have you much experience with aquaponics? I've done a little bit of reading, but thats it. Raising Tilapia seems like a good way to go, but I've always wondered if you could adjust what you feed the fish in order to adjust what the nutrient concentrations are in the water. The real kicker for me would be to develop an aquaponics system that fed a soil medium, instead of hydroponics. There you would get the benefit of the fish and also the microherd to provide for your plants.
I don't know but I thought I heard somewhere Tilapia wasn't all that great, nutritionally.
I couldn't possibly see why that's the case. Yes its one the most farmed fish in the world, so some quality of the fish may be shotty, but it wouldn't be if you were doing it yourself.
http://www.gaiadiscovery.com/marine-life-latest/is-eating-tilapia-nutritious-or-harmful-to-health.html
This is the same thing I heard before..lower levels of Omega-3's (granted it does say farm-raised...).
On the up-side, however, lower Mercury levels!
I can't wait to have chickens in the backyard again. I miss "farm-fresh" eggs.
Was toying with the idea of chickens myself for eggs and meat but i'm now going for 1 chicken a few ducks and a goose, gonna be a pain in the ass trying to train the dogs not to eat them tho.
Free eggs meat and fertilizer for my veggies and best of all i'll have a few little helpers to eat the pests in the garden.
I didn't read the entire thread but did a quick search in this thread of 'aquaponics' to see if anyone had mentioned it. Since we are talking about sustainability, I am surprised no one has mentioned aquaponics.
Rib is being quiet, but if i can remember - been a long time. Wife said if I got pigs again she'd leave - I think a 220 pound market hog gives about half of that ? in meat of various cuts. I fed a lot of bakery salvage from the Wonder Bread outlet. After it got too old to sell to humans things like stale bread, cake, about any kind of bread product went for $10 for a full sized pickup truck worth. We didn't have chickens then but I know folks used bakery salvage for them too. Friend of mine fed old bread to his cows. It is grain. If you think about it, nothing fattens you up like a few donuts.