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Fish as food.
This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to
eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just curious... |
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . ..
On 26 Sep 2004 10:23:10 -0700, (Rob) wrote: This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just curious... Time and the cost, of feed and feeding, filtering and cleaning the filter. The catfish farms let the crap settle to the bottom. Next year they drain that field, sell the fish, dam up the next field over and flood it, then raise soybeans where the fish were before. Then they feed the catfish the soybeans. Sort of like a cat-rat fur ranch. -- Crashj |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . ..
On 26 Sep 2004 10:23:10 -0700, (Rob) wrote: This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just curious... Time and the cost, of feed and feeding, filtering and cleaning the filter. The catfish farms let the crap settle to the bottom. Next year they drain that field, sell the fish, dam up the next field over and flood it, then raise soybeans where the fish were before. Then they feed the catfish the soybeans. Sort of like a cat-rat fur ranch. -- Crashj |
Ive got 100 blue gill hybreds in a 3000 gal filtered pond. Ive already
eat some of the runts. They are great.I stocked in March and the fish range from 2 to 6 ozs.Im eating the smallest 75% as they vary in growth. Im restocking next spring with 500 and culling them. Over the next couple years I want to collect about 250 heavy growers. They say one will grow 3/4 pound in a year. Ive looked on all the water additives Ive used and not used any that say not to use on food fish. I hope they tell the truth On 26 Sep 2004 10:23:10 -0700, (Rob) wrote: This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just curious... |
On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 22:14:51 -0500, bluegill phil wrote:
===Ive got 100 blue gill hybreds in a 3000 gal filtered pond. Ive already ===eat some of the runts. They are great.I stocked in March and the fish ===range from 2 to 6 ozs.Im eating the smallest 75% as they vary in ===growth. Im restocking next spring with 500 and culling them. Over the ===next couple years I want to collect about 250 heavy growers. They say ===one will grow 3/4 pound in a year. Ive looked on all the water ===additives Ive used and not used any that say not to use on food fish. ===I hope they tell the truth === === === === === ===On 26 Sep 2004 10:23:10 -0700, (Rob) wrote: === ===This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to ===eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just ===curious... If your into bream, look into some Georgia Hybred or Florida Copper nose, or some shell crackers........I have those and in no time they reach an awesome size........I routinely catch bream the size of my two hands. Get you net and cane pole and grab you some as I want them all gone! Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 22:14:51 -0500, bluegill phil wrote:
===Ive got 100 blue gill hybreds in a 3000 gal filtered pond. Ive already ===eat some of the runts. They are great.I stocked in March and the fish ===range from 2 to 6 ozs.Im eating the smallest 75% as they vary in ===growth. Im restocking next spring with 500 and culling them. Over the ===next couple years I want to collect about 250 heavy growers. They say ===one will grow 3/4 pound in a year. Ive looked on all the water ===additives Ive used and not used any that say not to use on food fish. ===I hope they tell the truth === === === === === ===On 26 Sep 2004 10:23:10 -0700, (Rob) wrote: === ===This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to ===eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just ===curious... If your into bream, look into some Georgia Hybred or Florida Copper nose, or some shell crackers........I have those and in no time they reach an awesome size........I routinely catch bream the size of my two hands. Get you net and cane pole and grab you some as I want them all gone! Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
With 400 gals If you raised something unusual it may be worth it.Like
make oyster racks and use the pond for a septic tank. Alot of things are being looked at for intensive aquaculture. I got a catalog from Kens fish which sells the Georga Giant .35 each for less than 500. I intend to use his, which from his pics look awsome http://www.kens-fishfarm.com/ I would like to someday raise freshwater prawn but to get the good size they would have to be kept warm over the winter. I was going to setup a 12ft 3ft deep pool in my garage to winter some but I got a returning kid instead. I still might get some this spring. On 26 Sep 2004 10:23:10 -0700, (Rob) wrote: This all makes me think: what is the feasibility of raising fish to eat in a 400 gallon Zone 9 pond? Not that I'm serious about it, just curious... |
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