Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[gloria@aquaponicfarm.com]

Goldfish will eat any thing they can swallow. They may not eat if the first time you put it in if they are not hungry but wait and they will eat it. 

Gloria

On Jan 14, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Michelle Silva <cosmobaby@verizon.net> wrote:

OK, good to know about them not eating the BSF larvae, will be building the BSF biocomposter soon. I have only 12 goldfish left (out of the 90) I started with. I went against my better judgement and put them in with the tilapia at first because someone told me it would be fine. There was too big of a difference in size.
I was thinking the other day that I want more goldfish instead since I remember seeing them living under ice when I was young and I won't have to worry about this cold weather. So far the burlap has been working to insulate the tanks, but it's stressful on them.
Michelle

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From: "paul@oneseedling.com" <paul@oneseedling.com>
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 3:44:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture

We raise goldfish instead of tilipia since we eat little fish. Goldfish tend to consume duckweed and not the BSF larvae. The chickens love them though. 

Paul the Skeptic
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On Jan 14, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Michelle Silva <cosmobaby@verizon.net> wrote:

Black Soldier Fly larvae is something I am also working on incorporating into having as a feed as well. Extremely nutritious as well as the duckweed.
Michelle

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From: "paul@oneseedling.com" <paul@oneseedling.com>
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 1:14:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture

We feed duckweed which not only grows in adjacent tanks of the aquaponic system but in the effluent from the methane  biodigestor. Duckweed can be fed to all livestock except horses. We have fed it to rabbits, fish, chickens, pigs, geese and goats. 
Paul the Skeptic

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On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:53 AM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:

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> Now that's intriguing, what can they eat that's natural for fish other than insects?
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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> On 1/14/2011 at 10:03 AM gloria@aquaponicfarm.com wrote:
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>> That is why we grow our own fish food
>>
>> Gloria
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 14, 2011, at 8:41 AM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Just a personal thought, it seems to me that plants that evolved with
>> roots in soil shouldn't be growing in water since aerobic microbes that
>> normally feed plants can't survive in water. Haven't taken time to
>> research it much and aquaponics sounds like an efficient, sustainable
>> system, but a snag might be in how the fish are fed. Large scale
>> commercial fish farming has got a bad name
>> http://www.worldwatch.org/node/760
>> http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/aquafarming.aspx .
>>>
>>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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>>> On 1/14/2011 at 6:22 AM Emery Mitchamore wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Unnatural" is not a very useful way to describe the aquaponics
>> process.
>>>> It's really a managed ecosystem; not at all like chemical-based
>>>> hydroponics, and can be very natural.  However, the main point I would
>>>> like to focus on is that intensive vegetable gardening is not
>> incompatible
>>>> with aquaponics or Permaculture Forest Gardening, for that matter.
>>>> Although limited by my own time and energy, I will eventually doing all
>>>> three + chickens and bees.  If another venture can be folded in, I'll do
>>>> that too.  As we move forward into trying times, I believe we should be
>>>> embracing all options.
>>>>
>>>> E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>>>> www.hillcountrynatives.net
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