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OtleyLad



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:27 pm    Post subject: Grow your own Fish? Reply with quote
    

After watching HFW and the plight of sea fish I was wondering if someone, somewhere grows their own in a pond/tank/whatever in the garden?

Whats possible?

Any links to websites would be useful...

(Apologies if its covered somewhere else)

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not yet, have the land but not got round to seriously thinking about digging a pond/lake.

There's a couple of old threads that might be useful:

https://forum.downsizer.net/about45720.html
https://forum.downsizer.net/about27602.html

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

smallest unit i have seen was a pond about 3 by 5 meters fed by a clean stream ,2 m deep ,maybe 200 trout on pellets like battery chooks

protect the river and harvest when it is sensible

carp ponds work for me as the critters like pals and lots of grub

trout like to be alone

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Not yet, have the land but not got round to seriously thinking about digging a pond/lake.

There's a couple of old threads that might be useful:

https://forum.downsizer.net/about45720.html
https://forum.downsizer.net/about27602.html


are either of those farming with dynamite ?

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aquaponics

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
Treacodactyl wrote:
Not yet, have the land but not got round to seriously thinking about digging a pond/lake.

There's a couple of old threads that might be useful:

https://forum.downsizer.net/about45720.html
https://forum.downsizer.net/about27602.html


are either of those farming with dynamite ?


Nope, but it's covered on page nine

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You can fish with dynamite as well as farm.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 11 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

a good pond is an asset ,a bad one is piscine hell

OtleyLad



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 11 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks for the replies/links, etc -
And I have a new word: 'Aquaponics', to impress my friends

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 11 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aquaponics is growing fast in Asia, the USA & Australia.
Loads of videos on U-tube.
Not so big in UK/Europe.
I think it's probably because our native species aren't so suited to the system.

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 11 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Things like perch are much easier to farm than trout and are generally much more sustainable since they are herbivores.

At its simplest, all you need do is get a pond and chuck suitable fertiliser (manure) in it.

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 11 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
Things like perch are much easier to farm than trout and are generally much more sustainable since they are herbivores.

At its simplest, all you need do is get a pond and chuck suitable fertiliser (manure) in it.

Our native perch is carnivorous.
Carp would probably be a better bet for aquaponics but I'm not sure whether they would cope with the higher stocking rates the system tends to use.

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 28, 11 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tavascarow wrote:
Hairyloon wrote:
Things like perch are much easier to farm than trout and are generally much more sustainable since they are herbivores.

At its simplest, all you need do is get a pond and chuck suitable fertiliser (manure) in it.

Our native perch is carnivorous.
Carp would probably be a better bet...

You are right. I didn't mean perch, but I can't think what I did mean.
Carp are pretty good, but I think I was thinking of something else.
Tilapia are supposed to be about the best, but only if you're somewhere a fair bit warmer.

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