What you should REALLY know about FISH FOOD in aquaponics

#aquaponics #fishfood #aquaculture
Fish food is needed in every aquaponics system. In this video we discuss how to feed you fish, when to feed your fish, why to feed your fish, and some considerations you should make about feeding your fish as well as the ingredients in fish food.
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[@jethrox812]

something to consider with food for aquaponics, if you are growing the fish primarly to produce fertlizer for your plants. a higher protein food will produce more nitrogen so you may not want to switch to a lower cost food just because the fish no longer need the high protein diet as they mature. of course by this stage, they will be larger, and may make up the diffrence

[@dadimans2591]

Black soldier fly larvae with 45% crude protein is a very sustainable feed for many aqua culture species.

[@extendedp1]

Awesome video, thank you. I have been watching Aqua and Hydroponic videos lately, including a few of yours. Most don’t talk about the fish feeding very much, I am so glad you made this video. Very helpful.

[@NewAgrarian]

Of course

[@equestanton1017]

Very helpful video thank you, particularly the quantity fish need. Seems it's a lot less food than most people realise. I found in set ups where I get spirulina to grow well the fish do exceptionally well. Spirulina for me doesn't need much to thrive but high PH and gentle water turn over plus light of course is a must plus a bit of fish food. Fish readily eat fresh spirulina off the bottom of tanks and ponds growing and putting on weight very well.

[@extendedp1]

I watched another Aquaponics guy who got the idea to add minnows into the system. Basically , he was going to replace the tilapia with minnows in his aquaponics system, then move the tilapia into a self contained tank indoors to maintain they temperature and water quality. He would feed the Tilapia the minnows from the aquaponics system, and just raise and farm the Tilapia. I tried looking for an update from him, but it appears he is out of business, so maybe it didn’t work out :(. Thanks for the video.

[@NewAgrarian]

Thanks for watching

[@SpiritusBythos]

That sounds awesome. Nature doesn't use commercial fish food..

[@TheMrLiberty]

I appreciate the information you’ve provided here. I’ve assembled an indoor 2x8 dwc with a 100 gallon tank. I have seedlings started last week in the rafts. Planning on purchasing tilapia this week.
Do you have information about this on a document?

[@TheMrLiberty]

Thanks for your channel. It has really helped me

[@djjoel1]

Cool. I'm going to do a video on why to not do aquaponics in Canada soon as I spent the last year and a half figuring that out the hard way. Also as an AV guy, consider wearing a lapel mic in this room as the background noise is quite pronounced. Cheers

[@NewAgrarian]

Great can’t wait to see the video 👍🏼

[@cloud-cf8cf]

Large scale mussel and and other mollusc farms do exist but i think you're right, no one really produces the food you have in mind... i wonder though, if someone were to start producing it how expensive they would sell it for since they can call it "an industry first"
Also you look a lot like Chris Pratt

[@NewAgrarian]

😂😂

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

I have been running a successful, small scale, Black Soldier Fly farm in a 55 gallon drum and feeding the self harvesting grubs to chickens and fish...some live and some processed through a dryer and mincing machine for the fish.
Are you aware of BSF as fish food additive...?
What is your assessment?

[@NewAgrarian]

Yes. Just gets cold up here .. good for warmer areas

[@vampyrmelchior]

How close are crickets or worms to being nutritionally complete as a fish food? Thinking of trying out vermiculture.

[@NewAgrarian]

Would think they lack nutrients only found in oily bait fish/fish meal

[@timothyalanogrady]

I feed Shrimp csardines and ambassadors and fruits would be like oranges I'm just zucchini cucumber green beans and peas on top of the regular fish food And ground up pork and chicken

[@NewAgrarian]

Interesting

[@elihuthompson626]

Thanks very much ! What food do you feed your fish ,I feed mine aquamax and some duckweedand insects and shrimp small

[@NewAgrarian]

Same

[@serhataslan638]

Hello, I have a very important question for me. How many fish in the system for how many lettuce?🙏🙏🙏😊

[@jeffambrx9399]

Any brand for feeds especially when its still fry

[@NewAgrarian]

I used zoetis for a while but they are northeast USA

[@elmarrdunn4708]

Where can I buy tilapia floating feet

[@WillieT674]

Have used Black Soldier Flies for fish food?

[@NewAgrarian]

I haven’t but I’m familiar. Unfortunately with our winter climate they’re not around here

[@WillieT674]

@@NewAgrarian you can get freeze dried black soldier fly there was test done where a salmon company used them instead of fishmeal feed

[@albertwilson3396]

what are your thoughts on airaponics?

[@NewAgrarian]

I like it for hydroponics

[@albertwilson3396]

@@NewAgrarian I'm lost

[@timothygarrow]

Oh my goodness I was over feeding. I was feeding 300% body mass per day

[@NewAgrarian]

Glad you figured it out

[@ryan7991]

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[@kurtmagnus5243]

$12.99 a bag?!?! What does that size because it looks rather big?

[@NewAgrarian]

I think it was 20 lbs? Maybe 15