More on Tilapia

On May 2, 2:45?pm, ImStillMags wrote:

I don't know if fish is good for you. I watched a documentary on the
pollution of the seas, lakes and oceans. Not a pretty sight. There's
lots of other stuff in the water besides mercury. I think walnuts and
hard boiled eggs are better for you than fish. Add some plain yogurt
and boston lettuce with an apple cider vinegar dressing. You might
live less painfully with this type of diet. Although I like pizza.
Pizza with anchovies! That stuff will kill anything that is still
alive.
 
On 2011-05-02, Portland wrote:


If you are in any way prone to gout, anchovies will eventually make
you PAINFULLY aware of it. Small fish like anchovies, sardines, and
smelt are death to gout sufferers. I never once suffered gout until I
had an excruciating attack that took close to a year to banish. Never
happened till I discovered salt cured anchovies and started snacking
on 'em like beef jerky. The pizzas didn't help and I can only
tolerate about one anchovie pizza per year, now. :(

nb
 
On May 2, 12:12?pm, Portland wrote:

Unless you're allergic to tree nuts or eggs. (I was looking up
strawberry allergens, and kept getting hits with more common food
allergies.)
 
On May 2, 1:45?pm, ImStillMags wrote:

It's a Malthusian issue. There's just no way to do a lot of stuff
decently when there are this many humans on the planet. We need--
ideally--a 1 child policy like China, world wide. That's far more
humane than the other alternatives for reducing the population.

--Bryan
 
On Mon, 02 May 2011 14:19:42 -0400, James Silverton
wrote:


With the technology available today, I find it hard to believe that
someone hasn't created a vertical fish farm that goes hundreds of feet
in the air.

It would reduce the footprint required and also let gravity do a lot
of the work in water movement and filtering.

I wish I had the resources to do it myself. Picture an square acre
with 10 levels, 20 feet each. Pump the water needed to the top. Have
all the automatic pH adjustments made at the beginning of the cycle
and then push the water through each tank with filters between each
tank to remove the waste and impurities from the water. Shut off the
pumps, feed the fish. Turn the pumps back on and clean the water.

The harvesting could be automated almost completely and the processing
plant could be in an adjacent building where again, gravity could do a
lot of the work.

I've spent most of my life in large manufacturing factories creating
and implementing processes. This could be done easily.

So why hasn't someone done it? It mystifies me.
 
'Jean B.[_1_ Wrote:

That was an interesting yet sad read. In the Philippines, tilapia is
one of the most common - if not the most common - fish sold in the
market. I don't know if the practice of farming them is the same but I
do know that the tilapia bought in the supermarkets in the city does not
have the same quality as the ones I can eat at my parents' in the
province. And yes, grilled or fried tilapia is a favorite for me -
texture is not too hard but not soggy either and the flesh has a
slightly sweet taste to it.




--
Noemi
 
On Tue, 03 May 2011 11:50:48 -0400, Landon wrote:


Pardon the "an square acre" instead of "a square acre" and any
spelling mistakes. I forgot to do a spell check prior to posting.

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Now, also build a Hydroponic farm in another building next to the fish
farm and fish processing buildings and use the fish waste to create
fertilizer for the Hydroponic systems to reduce the over-all costs. 10
pounds of produce per/month per/sq ft can be done. In a building that
size, I could output 200 thousand pounds of produce per/month.

The forth building in the entire process could be a processing plant
for the veggies.

Four acres of ground and you've got enough fish and veggies to feed a
small town. The structures could be built inside the city and would
produce employment and lessen the logistics of moving the fish and
food tremendously.

Again, why hasn't someone done this already?
 
On 5/3/2011 6:03 AM, Landon wrote:

I think that a lot of folks have realized this and do use the fish waste
to grow water plants and prawns to reduce over-all costs and make it a
semi or completely closed system. I'm not sure what the heck is done
with the water plants. These make for pretty efficient operations. I
forget the particulars but it's being done as we speak and it's probably
the main reason for the rise in the popularity of tilapia.
 
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I recall seeing a 'Dirty Jobs' episode where someone had a striped Bass farm
out in the desert. They were growing tilapia in the same tank and the
tilapia kept the tank clean by eating the solid waste of the bass. See, you
could add another building. :-)

Jon
 
On Tue, 3 May 2011 09:49:51 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
wrote:


I'm almost 60, retired and well enough off to be very happy doing
nothing but having fun every day.

No way am I starting another career.

I do wonder why someone hasn't already done it. The technology already
exists in every aspect of it.
 
On May 3, 9:03?am, Landon wrote:

The California State Fair features an annual exhibit combining
hydroponics and fish farming, as part of its Ag exhibits.
 
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