Thursday, October 22, 2009

Fish time

Today I got my fish.   I am starting off with a small number to test the system.  I got 32 4"-6" Channle catfish.  They were $1.50 each  I also stoped at the local feed store and got a 50# bag of feed for $23.

      I am using Channel cats because they are common in aquaculture and live well in most water conditions and tempratures.   I also like to eat catfish yum, yum.   I figure that my system could hold 100 to 150 fish total but I dont want to stock that many before I know that it will work.   This way I can test the system without the large investment for that many fish.   The plants I started will need the nutrents from the fish very soon or they wont grow.




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  1. AlDecember 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    Excellent. I'll be following you. Me too am keen in this aquaponics and just started last month with a DIY barrel ponics unit.

    http://siam-aquaponics.blogspot.com/.

    I plan one day to go commercial. Thats one day a long way in the future.

    Good luck and keep posting.

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