First Fish
Starter Fish
On July 11, 2011, we added 12 PetCo feeder minnows (albino i.e. light orange) to each trough and to the fish tank in hopes that they would eat the mosquito larva we see swimming in the tank. About half of them survived.
On July 18 we purchased 65 more albino (orange) “feeder minnows” from PetCo for $0.15 each. If half of them survive a couple days, I’ll buy Tilapia. Because the store keeps lots of fish in a small tank they keep the water 68 degrees, better dissolved air (DO) in the water. Moving them to my 92 degree water stresses them, many don’t survive, but those that do are speedy and healthy.
On Wednesday, July 20, 2011, my daughter and I brought home 10 lbs of Tilapia in 5 buckets, about 25 fish total. It took about 40 minutes in the 103 degree ride home with heavy traffic in my minivan. We had an inverter run air pump with lines into each bucket via holes in the lids, no air stones. Some buckets even had small re-freezable plastic ice in them to cool the water some.
The Tilapia are about 8” long or so, from RS/Clint’s AP system in Red Oak Texas. They are intriguing, as I never had an aquarium so this in new fun for us!
We dropped several fish several times while netting to load them. They are so healthy that they tried to fly out of the nets and buckets. My shirt was soaked the first time we took a net full out of the 55 gallon barrel! LOL.
Also I got about 20 gallons of AP water, with good bacteria in it, to add to my system.
Two fish found floating the next day. I think the two fish died from bouncing on the ground when netting and the resulting dirty water in the bucket and the car sloshing the bucket. Others are very active and already eating after only a couple days adjusting.
Only 10 of the feeder minnows remain in our system, in the troughs. The others were.. well.. feeder fish for the Tilapia!
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To buy some great Tilapia or Catfish, big or small, to raise or eat, contact RS in Red Oak!
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