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Comment on Tilapia Farming by Mr S

Mr S — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:47:55 +0000

I am also interested in learning more about how to raise tilapia outside of the laboratory in a more commercial setting. Please send me information.

Comment on Tilapia Farming by Mr S

Mr S — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:46:29 +0000

Those of you in africa or other warm climates should look into raising black soldier fly larvae and using them for the feed for your fish. I did a trial run on this for a research project at my school and I found that there was no difference in growth rate for the fish raised on the larvae as compared to the fish raised on commercial feed.

Comment on What do Tilapia Eat? by Bella

Bella — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:41:43 +0000

I always knew their was some thing funky about that fish. My Uncal eats it like its gold,Gross but it is a way to make money! Well it looks like i wont eat it!

Comment on About by Hector Cuenca

Hector Cuenca — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:46:40 +0000

I live in Miami, Florida and I building my home aquaponics sistem but I would like to get tilapia for this project, my question is: Were can find tilapia in this location, I had call to a fish farmer but it is extremely expense some people had told me that I can fish in the canal, it is possible?

Thanks

Comment on Tilapia Farming by OLA

OLA — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:30:45 +0000

PLEASE AM INTERESTED IN BREEDING TILAPIA. I AM FROM NIGERIA. I AM A SMALL SCALE FISH FARMER. THANK YOU.

Comment on What do Tilapia Eat? by Solar Aerator

Solar Aerator — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:06:07 +0000

Our Solar Aerators, the sun, and some waste water is all you need to grow tilapia (cherry snapper).

Thats right! One of the things that makes tilapia an easy fish to raise is they will eat just about anything. Tilapia are known by many as a fish who eats poo, which makes some people hesitant to eat tilapia. It is true, tilapia do eat poo if that is what they have to eat, but they will eat a large variety of things. The idea of tilapia being poo eaters was made popular by an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel where tilapia were used to clean up poo made by striped bass.

Tilapia can be vegetarians and are quite happy eating algae. They also like duckweed and are sometimes used to control duckweed, which is fast growing and is a good source of protein for the fish. Tilapia and duckweed can be a good combination since the duckweed extracts fish wastes form the water and uses it as fertilizer. In return the duckweed provides food for the fish.

Now that’s sustainable fish farming.

Comment on What do Tilapia Eat? by Corrie

Corrie — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:47:23 +0000

What I get from reading this is that farmed tilapia, like other farmed fish, eat a completely unnatural diet (grain? soybeans? really?), high in omega-6 fats, which we as consumers get far too much of already. Therefore the fish that ends up on my plate does not have the omega-3 fats that I buy fish for. Where can one buy wild tilapia?

Comment on Tilapia Farming by uche arinze

uche arinze — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:17:46 +0000

pls how can i aerate my fish tank constantly without using an air vibrator,which depends constantly on electricity. This is becos i dont have light quite often like you do.

Comment on What do Tilapia Eat? by Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:29:09 +0000

Their is a talapia farm that sells on ebay. Go with the blue tilapia, they are less visible to birds that prey on them.

Comment on Tilapia Farming by Carl Libres

Carl Libres — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:03:49 +0000

I’m from Philippines.
what kind of plants are suitable for aquaponics? Help me. thanks.