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I think its all within the same topic. That does sound like a good way to skip any regulations.

They dont make a good bacon substitute but i heard fillets could be ground up and made to be a substitute for ground beef. Best part about selling the fish live is that tilapia are easy and quick to kill. Literally stick them in a bucket of ice and they die almost instantly. Quick and painless...

They are mouth brooders. Any open areas with a good flat bottom and little water movement they will naturally breed in. Female puts eggs down, male fertilizes eggs, then the female picks up the eggs and keeps it in her mouth. Best way to know when they are breeding is if the female isnt eating...

Im sure laws are different for every state and locality. Some states wont even allow tilapia as they breed like crazy and can take over waterways like asian carp do. Mostly warm states have those restrictions though.

The fish are most certainly saleable. Its easy to keep them organically grown if you wanted to. Ive considered using a soldier fly compost bin to make larvae that the fish eat and the other half of their diet as duckweed which can be grown in a separate tank with the fishwater flowing through...

Also the fish growth isnt constant due to a couple variables, things like water temperature, feeding amounts and times are not always the same when i feed them. This will be changed when i finally get the automatic feeder put in. But the fluctuations in temperature will be the same for awhile...

Waste can accumulate but if the fish to water ratio is low enough it tends to get dissolved in the flood and drain of the grow bed. I need a testing kit for nitrates above 300ppm to actually see how the fish respond to high nutrient levels in the water. mine only has up to 180ppm and anything...

Yes that would work nice. Especially since more grow beds are needed per tank of fish. I only have 23 fish and its already more nutrients than a 4x3ft grow bed takes. If i did do that it would be really good to have a ramp up and ramp down of each one during overlapping times. Definitely...

All studies shown have the fish at about 2/3 food to weight ratio. 2lbs gained per 3lbs of food so if that helps in calculating the cost for the fish. I haven't personally measured the food intake vs growth because i only weigh the largest tilapia to keep track of his growth so weighing the food...

Well if you use an ibc tote which is 275gallons (very highly recommend). You can have 75 fish that are 1 lb in weight. Ive heard of ratios as much as 1lb per 2 gallons but it needs to be a well established system with A LOT of high nutrient consumption plants like tomato plants or ironically...

Tank heater is just sitting in the tank still as like a backup or i might have it do night time heat when the lights are off. The temp drops from almost 78.6° down to 72.6 i believe was the lowest point before the lights came back on. They've moved the radiator forward so they can use it as a...

Im positive one of the next ones will be growing weed...just not here. I have a couple requests from ppl i know who want to do it. Second system will be another plant growing one inside probably all veggies, and the 3rd is going to someone who i guarantee will be using it for weed lol. Even the...

If i dont make the dumb mistakes, then how can we be sure it is idiot proof? Lol

I dont want to make anything proprietary. Things like patents on common designs annoy me. And proprietary things like what apple does irks me to no end. I make a decent income as it is so im not worried about others doing this. I would encourage others to make a business out of this or help to...

I honestly dont know how thick the aluminum is on mine but the one i took down i will check and see. Worst case i go through and use a rubber ring under the screws to keep it water tight. Time to test it out and see.

Exterior room 1st floor. Its actually kind of funny because there are 2 windows there and one faces the street with people driving by and taking second glances. Its not much warmer than the rest of the house with all the heat from the lights and power supply.

I do see the need for temperature monitoring for the fish water and the heatsink. But my goal is more along the lines of something that some average person could put together over the weekend with no programming experience, little soldering experience, and little mechanical knowledge. My wife...

Mine are in light a lot. They will eat algae but i threw in a pleco awhile ago to keep the tank really clean. Have never done any water changes at all. Just add water once in awhile. I tried to do duckweed which doubles every 24-48hours thinking it could feed them and they ate the entire tank...

Theoretically cannibis would grow very well in an aeroponics system using tilapia and supplementing the other nutrients with seaweed extract but thats for someone else to try. I personally dont have a caregivers card nor a wife that would allow it lol. Hps would be super expensive....that guy...

Its more than practical when you live in warmer climates so the fish wont die from cold, and its a lot less supplemental light needed to grow plants fast. I live in Michigan, so reliable weather doesnt exist. My best option for year round plants is inside where i can control all variables, it...