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Title: Raising Fish
Post by: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 02:20:14 PM: Well with the cost per pound of catching my own fish going up each year I'm seriously thinking about rearing my own fish for consumption.
I'm thinking about getting a good size swimming pool with an aerator and raising Tilapia to an edible size. Anybody ever try this?
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Post by: bowtech721 on April 01, 2011, 02:30:18 PM: never done it but it kinda sounds like a fun project ... id be interested to see how it goes
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 01, 2011, 02:47:38 PM: Heck yeah! Get you a big old swimming pool and feel that baby up. Then have one of the trout farms come stock it just like a pond :IBCOOL: Then add in a nice little waterfall for aeration. Doubbles as a fish pond and swimmin hole :IBCOOL: :yike:
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Post by: Button Nubbs on April 01, 2011, 02:50:18 PM: It would be really cool. First thing that came to mind is what a pain in the ass it would be to clean...
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Post by: MtnMuley on April 01, 2011, 02:53:19 PM: Quote from: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 02:20:14 PM
Well with the cost per pound of catching my own fish going up each year I'm seriously thinking about rearing my own fish for consumption.
I'm thinking about getting a good size swimming pool with an aerator and raising Tilapia to an edible size. Anybody ever try this?

I think it's safe to guarantee, nobody on this site nor any other in the US, has ever tried to raise tilapia out of a swimming pool for consumption. I may be wrong......
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Post by: Special T on April 01, 2011, 03:10:21 PM: You might be a redneck if.... ;)
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Post by: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 04:35:20 PM: Ha ha yea redneck! and proud of it! I think the blue plastic swimming pool with fish will look great next to all the blue tarps and junked cars! Screw the neighbors!
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Post by: billythekidrock on April 01, 2011, 04:39:11 PM: Home raised Tilapia might be ok, but I would never eat one of the sh!teaters then sell in the store or restaurant.
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Post by: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 04:51:34 PM: Quote from: billythekidrock on April 01, 2011, 04:39:11 PM
Home raised Tilapia might be ok, but I would never eat one of the sh!teaters then sell in the store or restaurant.

Yeah I think most of the Tilapia in restaurants are from China and are raised in the sewer lagoons :puke:
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Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on April 01, 2011, 04:53:27 PM: Quote
Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

The researchers say the combination could be a potentially dangerous food source for some patients with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other allergic and auto-immune diseases that are particularly vulnerable to an "exaggerated inflammatory response." Inflammation is known to cause damage to blood vessels, the heart, lung and joint tissues, skin, and the digestive tract.

"In the United States, tilapia has shown the biggest gains in popularity among seafood, and this trend is expected to continue as consumption is projected to increase from 1.5 million tons in 2003 to 2.5 million tons by 2010," write the Wake Forest researchers in an article published this month in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

They say their research revealed that farm-raised tilapia, as well as farmed catfish, "have several fatty acid characteristics that would generally be considered by the scientific community as detrimental." Tilapia has higher levels of potentially detrimental long-chain omega-6 fatty acids than 80-percent-lean hamburger, doughnuts and even pork bacon, the article says.

"For individuals who are eating fish as a method to control inflammatory diseases such as heart disease, it is clear from these numbers that tilapia is not a good choice," the article says. "All other nutritional content aside, the inflammatory potential of hamburger and pork bacon is lower than the average serving of farmed tilapia."

The article notes that the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, known scientifically as "long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids" (PUFAs), have been well documented. The American Heart Association now recommends that everyone eat at least two servings of fish per week, and that heart patients consume at least 1 gram a day of the two most critical omega-3 fatty acids, known as EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid).

But, the article says, the recommendation by the medical community for people to eat more fish has resulted in consumption of increasing quantities of fish such as tilapia that may do more harm than good, because they contain high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, also called n-6 PUFAs, such as arachidonic acid.

The researchers found that farmed tilapia contained only modest amounts of omega-3 fatty acids -- less than half a gram per 100 grams of fish, similar to flounder and swordfish. Farmed salmon and trout, by contrast, had nearly 3 and 4 grams, respectively.

I would rather raise trout.
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Post by: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 05:05:12 PM: Me too now :o Lot of that could be due to commercial farm raising but still..
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Post by: remington300mag on April 01, 2011, 05:06:44 PM: I have raised perch in a 55 gallon aquarium before......they even breed after the first year! Also, had a breeding pair of blue gill in a 80 gallon, they over ran the tank and stunted badly....but they still tasted good.
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Post by: YoterHunter on April 01, 2011, 05:28:23 PM: if you use a plastic lined pool. let it sit and air out .years ago my boys cought some fish at a sportsman show .the fish had plastic taste to them.it was new pool.it wood be cole to raise your own fish.
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Post by: Special T on April 01, 2011, 06:35:42 PM: I never thought those fish tasted very good, kinda bland to me...
I would think catfish might be better. :twocents:
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Post by: ICEMAN on April 01, 2011, 07:05:04 PM: Backyard tilapia farm...
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Post by: lokidog on April 01, 2011, 07:09:07 PM: Stocker trout... bleh! I think I'd rather eat coyote again. :chuckle: Tilapia, on the other hand, taste really good, like a really big bluegill or crappie. We used to catch them in the irrigation canals in So Cal. and snarfed them up. I have a 15X4 foot pool, might have to try it.
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Post by: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 07:17:07 PM: The thing about Tilapia is they are easy to grow and they grow super fast for the amount of feed they are givin. I've eaten good tasting Tilapia and bad tasting Tilapia. I think alot of it has to due with water quality and what you feed them. I read somewhere once set up the cost is only pennies per pound for meat harvested.
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Post by: ICEMAN on April 01, 2011, 07:24:53 PM: I imagine that cost would go way up out here in the northwest.... The farms I have read of were way south....way warmer and even some of them heated water...
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Post by: singleshot12 on April 01, 2011, 07:28:06 PM: I might go with an indoor plastic tank set up at first,nothing too big,just enough for personal use.
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Post by: xd2005 on April 03, 2011, 05:50:04 PM: I have a book called Back to Basics that discusses fish farming. It mentions using a pool, but does note to make sure the water is clean and aerated. One thing it mentions is to try raising trout in the winter (cool months, since they like temps in mid-50's) and catfish in the summer (they like temps between 80 and 90).

It's something I would love to try, if I actually had much of a backyard.