How to Build a Backyard Fish Farm
Watch more How to Raise Farm Animals videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/326621-How-to-Build-a-Backyard-Fish-Farm With the growing popularity of backyard vegetable gardens, backyard fish farming is becoming another popular source of food. Start small by building a fish pond. Step 1: Dig a test hole in your yard Dig a test hole as deep as you plan to make your pond. Then fill it with water from a garden hose and see how much water drains to determine the seepage quality of the soil. Tip Backyard fish ponds are typically 5 to 15 feet deep. Step 2: Ask local authorities if permits are needed Contact your local government authorities and ask if permits are needed for building a backyard fish pond. Step 3: Decide where your pond will be dug Decide where your pond will be dug. Locate it where it will be exposed to sunlight to promote algae growth and where children and pets won’t be attracted to it. Tip If you’re a beginner or on a tight budget, build a fishpond only in a warm climate. Colder climates require expensive heating and filtering systems. Step 4: Hire a contractor to excavate a hole Hire a contractor with equipment to excavate a hole for the pond. Then fill the hole with water, spread 8-8-4 crop fertilizer in the water to grow algae, and wait 4 to 6 months. Step 5: Stock the pond with fingerlings Stock the pond with fingerlings or young fish. Tilapia is a tasty fish that is easy to raise, and they tolerate a variety of environmental conditions. Tip It’s recommended that a fishpond be stocked with five to six fingerlings per square meter of surface area. Spring is the best time of year to stock. Step 6: Wait until the fishes are full grown and harvest Wait for six months to a year for the fish to grow. Lower a dip net to the bottom of the pond, sprinkle a small amount of fish food into the water above the net, and lift the net to harvest the fish. Did You Know? Fish farming, also called aquaculture, has been around for centuries and may have been practiced in China as early as 2000 B.C.E.
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Good
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i not do a fish farm just a pond
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didnt mention anything about filtration and fresh water
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hey leave cod out of this, ever try rock cod?
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Yay a
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Fuck step 2
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with slaves?
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sustainability is nothing more than a fear tactic, a buzzzz word , it means absolutely nothing in reality. everything is sustainable if approached correctly. we have more than enough land and resources for nobody to every want for anything.
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yuck. taste has nothing to do with stupid. it has to do with difference of cultural upbringing. only poor people eat tilapia , it is the worst of the worst of fish, outside of cod . who eats big macs??? poor people.
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Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a pool or a series of good size above ground pool
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who the fuck eats tilapia?? yuck . what I do on my land is my concern and need not ask anybody else for permission.
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don't you need some kind of air pump
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@Lugia625 Wow said like a true american.
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A God Blessed day to Howcast! I would just like to ask permission if we could borrow this video and use it as a project? God Bless!
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or you can buy fish male and females and wait for them to bread then when you have the babies wait for them to get a little bigger then sell them to fish shops or people then you can make money and no fish dies but thats just a money making idea not for food
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@djmacapple if you know that, doesnt that make you gay? i mean, why would a heterosexual know what is gay?
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saying first is GAY !!! @ Dino1482
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Yes, it's economical, BUT, now you have to slaughter and descale and cook the fish......
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